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The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sensorimotor adaptation in chronic stroke
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Vol.39(5), pp.367-377
2021
PMID: 34569981
Abstract
Background: Sensorimotor adaptation, or the capacity to adapt movement to changes in the moving body or environment, is a form of motor learning that is important for functional independence (e.g., regaining stability after slips or trips). Aerobic exercise can acutely improve many forms of motor learning in healthy adults. It is not known, however, whether acute aerobic exercise has similar positive effects on sensorimotor adaptation in stroke survivors as it does in healthy individuals. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether acute aerobic exercise promotes sensorimotor adaptation in people post stroke. Methods: A single-blinded crossover study. Participants attended two separate sessions, completing an aerobic exercise intervention in one session and a resting control condition in the other session. Sensorimotor adaptation was assessed before and after each session, as was brain derived neurotrophic factor. Twenty participants with chronic stroke completed treadmill exercise at moderate to high intensity for 30 minutes. Results: Acute aerobic exercise in chronic stroke survivors significantly increased sensorimotor adaptation from pre to post treadmill intervention. The 30-minute treadmill intervention resulted in an averaged 2.99 ng/ml increase in BDNF levels (BDNF pre-treadmill = 22.31 + /–2.85 ng/ml, post-treadmill was = 25.31 + /–2.46 pg/ml; t(16) = 2.146, p = 0.048, cohen’s d = 0.521, moderate effect size). Conclusions: These results indicate a potential role for aerobic exercise to promote the recovery of sensorimotor function in chronic stroke survivors.
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- Title
- The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sensorimotor adaptation in chronic stroke
- Authors
- Christopher Mackay (Author) - The University of QueenslandSandra G Brauer (Author) - The University of QueenslandS Kuys (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityMia Schaumberg (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyLi-Ann Leow (Author) - The University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Vol.39(5), pp.367-377
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.3233/RNN-211175
- ISSN
- 1878-3627; 0922-6028
- PMID
- 34569981
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2021 – The authors. Published by IOS Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Biomedicine; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Cancer Research Cluster; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99585608102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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