Cerebrovascular assessments to help understand brain-related changes associated with aerobic exercise after stroke.
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
; 46(4): 412-415, 2021 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33400620
ABSTRACT
Evidence suggests exercise is "good medicine" after stroke, yet consensus is lacking on the time to initiate, type, exertion level, and duration per session. It remains a challenge to identify outcome measures for stroke-exercise trials that are sufficiently sensitive to intervention parameters. Cerebrovascular assessments, namely cerebral blood flow and intracranial pulsatility, are herein discussed as examples of quantitative brain-specific measures that may be useful to monitor exercise-related brain changes and help to guide stroke rehabilitation interventions. Novelty Cerebral blood flow and arterial stiffness are potential vascular targets for stroke exercise trials.
Palavras-chave
accident vasculaire cérébral; aerobic exercise training; arterial stiffness; cerebral blood flow; cerebrovascular disease; circulation sanguine cérébrale; entraînement aux exercices d'aérobie; intracranial pulsatility; maladie cérébrovasculaire; pulsatilité intracrânienne; raideur artérielle; stroke
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Encéfalo
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Exercício Físico
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Circulação Cerebrovascular
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Rigidez Vascular
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article