For people over 50, cardiovascular exercise is also important. Aerobic activities, such as cycling on a stationary bike, ...

The combination of this stimulation and stroke therapy exercises can help to restore lost functions in damaged parts of the brain and improve upper limb functioning. Ronald Benitez, a neurosurgeon ...

At the University of Michigan Health, researchers are exploring a new way to enhance this method by incorporating virtual ...

A progressively higher-intensity walking exercise program, combined with standard physical therapy, significantly improved ...

encourages the brain to bypass the areas damaged by stroke. Each time the patient performs a task during the therapy session, the therapist will trigger a computer to send a wireless signal to the ...

A protocol designed to progressively increase physical therapy intensity for stroke survivors improved walking distance, ...

At rest a person's cardiac output is approximately 5 litres per minute, while during exercise it can increase to as much as 30 litres per minute as both their heart rate and stroke volume increase.

Mirror therapy rehabilitation is a technique commonly used with stroke survivors to help them ... and watch their stronger limb complete an exercise, making it appear that the weaker limb is ...

A progressively higher-intensity walking exercise program combined with standard physical therapy significantly improved the quality of life and mobility in stroke survivors, according to a ...

New research suggests that adding higher-intensity walking to physical therapy could help improve stroke recovery. Stroke survivors in a progressive-intensity walking rehabilitation program showed ...

Objective To compare the effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercises (PTLE) with eccentric exercise therapy (EET) in patients with patellar tendinopathy (PT). Methods In a stratified, ...