Electromyographic comparison of conventional machine strength training versus bodyweight exercises in patients with chronic stroke.

Objective: To investigate whether bodyweight exercises can induce comparable levels of muscle activity as conventional machine exercises in chronic stroke patients.

Methods: Eighteen patients performed three repetitions of bilateral- and unilateral machine leg press and the bodyweight exercises chair rise and hip thrust. Surface electromyography (EMG) was recorded from 10 lower extremity muscles and normalized to maximal EMG (nEMG) of the non-paretic leg.

Effects of high-intensity physical training on muscle fiber characteristics in poststroke patients.

Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. High-intensity physical training can improve muscle strength and gait speed, but adaptive mechanisms at the muscle cellular level are largely unknown.

Methods: Outpatients with poststroke hemiparesis participated in a 3-month rehabilitation program combining high-intensity strength and body-weight supported treadmill-training.

Action research in rehabilitation with chronic stroke recovery: A case report with a focus on neural plasticity.

Background: Chronic stroke patients are primarily referred to general rehabilitation, rather than to specific neurorehabilitation. Currently, there are no Danish clinical guidelines for chronic stroke, but recent research in neuroplasticity has contributed to possible rehabilitation interventions for these patients.

Objective: The purpose of this project is to describe the use of a specialized neuroplastic approach in combination with an already existing training program.

Electromyographic Comparison of Elastic Resistance and Machine Exercises for High-Intensity Strength Training in Patients With Chronic Stroke.

Objective: To investigate whether elastic resistance training can induce comparable levels of muscle activity as conventional machine training in patients with chronic stroke.

Design: Comparative study.

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation facility.

Effects of intensive physical rehabilitation on neuromuscular adaptations in adults with poststroke hemiparesis.

Hemiparesis-disability and muscle weakness of 1 side of the body-is a common consequence of stroke. High-intensity strength training may be beneficial to regain function, but strength coaches in the field of rehabilitation need evidence-based guidelines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of intensive physical rehabilitation on neuromuscular and functional adaptations in outpatients suffering from hemiparesis after stroke.

Effect of intensive outpatient physical training on gait performance and cardiovascular health in people with hemiparesis after stroke.

Background: Stroke can result in severe motor deficits, and many people who have survived a stroke have poor cardiovascular fitness, with potentially disabling effects on daily life.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of intensive physical training on gait performance and cardiovascular health parameters in people with stroke in the chronic stage.

Design: This was a single-group, pretest-posttest experimental study.

Patient compliance in brain injury rehabilitation in relation to awareness and cognitive and physical improvement.

Unlabelled: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between patients' compliance and awareness and outcome of brain injury rehabilitation. Subjects were 98 patients who underwent a holistic neuropsychological outpatient rehabilitation programme. Patients had suffered a traumatic brain injury (n = 26), a cerebrovascular accident (n = 58), or another neurological insult (n = 14).

Working alliance and patient compliance in brain injury rehabilitation and their relation to psychosocial outcome.

Employment and physical activity at follow up of 98 patients who underwent a holistic neuropsychological outpatient rehabilitation programme were examined in relation to therapeutic process factors. The patients had suffered a traumatic brain injury (n = 26), a cerebrovascular accident (n = 58) or another neurological insult (n = 14). Two staff members, a neuropsychologist and a physiotherapist, retrospectively rated patients' compliance with the therapeutic regime and their working alliances.