Abstract
Purpose: Neurological deficits lead to people post-stroke spending more than 80% of their day sedentary (Tieges et al., 2015). They also take part in less physical activity (PA) than those without neurological disease (Butler and Evenson, 2014). Previous intervention research with people post-stroke have been conducted in the chronic stage of stroke so it is not clear what intervention could increase activity levels and decrease sedentary behavior in the sub-acute stage of stroke recovery. Adapted cardiac rehabilitation (CR) offers the potential to increase the physical activity (PA) of people post-stroke in the sub-acute stage of recovery (< 6 months). This study examined the effectiveness of a six-week adapted CR programme on PA and sedentary behaviour for people post-stroke in the sub-acute recovery stage.
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