The EXERCISES Study: Exercise and Cognition in Stroke Survivors

Title:

The EXERCISES Study: Exercise and Cognition in Stroke Survivors

Summary:

The impact of stroke can be devastating, often with diverse, long-term consequences. Common experiences are hemi-paresis, communication impairments, cardiovascular deconditioning and cognitive decline. Each of these poses a significant challenge to people resuming meaningful activities in recovery. Aerobic exercise is well documented to improve health and functional outcomes across the rehabilitation pathway. Yet, in supporting stroke survivors with severe movement impairments, practitioners often lack the confidence to prescribe and support exercise. Typically, these practitioners have access to inadequate guidelines and inaccessible modes of exercise testing.
The EXERCISES study was a randomised feasibility study aiming to explore the acceptability of exercise testing and training for people with severe movement impairments post-stroke. This seminar will present an overview of the project, including findings and possible solutions to providing inclusive post-stroke exercise.

Speaker:

Dr Allie Welsh, Leeds Beckett University

Chair:

Professor Jim McKenna, Leeds Beckett University

Host or Publisher Carnegie School of Sport