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Short, intense bursts of exercise more effective after stroke than steady, moderate exercise
Medical Xpress / American Heart Association / Stroke ^ | Aug. 8, 2024 | Kevin Moncion, Ph.D. et al

Posted on 08/18/2024 8:56:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

One-minute, short bursts of high-intensity interval training for 19 minutes may be more effective for improving fitness among people six months or more after a stroke than traditional, 20–30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise sessions, according to research.

The multi-site trial took place between September 2018 and March 2024 and included stroke survivors between six months to 5 years after a stroke. Researchers randomly grouped participants to receive either three days per week of 12 weeks of high-intensity interval training or three days per week of 12 weeks of traditional moderate exercise sessions. The high-intensity interval training protocol involved ten 1-minute intervals of high-intensity exercise, interspersed with nine 1-minute low-intensity intervals, for 19 minutes total. The moderate intensity continuous training involved 20 to 30 minutes of steady exercise at moderate intensity.

Researchers then compared fitness levels, cardiovascular risk factors such as blood pressure and stiffness of blood vessels, walking speeds and distances between the two groups.

Researchers found:

The high-intensity interval training group's cardiorespiratory fitness levels (rate of oxygen consumed at peak exercise) improved twice as much as the moderate intensity continuous training group.

The improvement in the high intensity interval training group stayed above clinically important thresholds even at the 8-week follow-up.

Said Ada Tang, Ph.D., "We used an adaptive recumbent stepper, which we believe allowed more people to participate in high-intensity interval training, even those who cannot walk fast enough or long enough on a treadmill."

The limitations of the study include that study participants were higher functioning stroke survivors from a physical standpoint who were at lower risk for heart disease.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: exercise; medicalxpress; stroke
High intensity interval training was best for stroke survivors.
1 posted on 08/18/2024 8:56:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 08/18/2024 8:56:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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HIIT is a better way to exercise on most measures, except for endurance. However, I find most people doing endurance are just wasting their time, because they don’t do it intensely.


3 posted on 08/18/2024 8:59:56 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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i.e. go out in the woods and get chased by a bear.


4 posted on 08/18/2024 9:02:51 PM PDT by glorgau
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just make sure the bear is on board for the rest periods


5 posted on 08/18/2024 9:05:35 PM PDT by joshua c
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Does the gender of the Bear matter? //


6 posted on 08/18/2024 9:59:13 PM PDT by lee martell
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I would find it unbearable.


7 posted on 08/19/2024 1:59:00 AM PDT by Dacula (Catholics against Kamala)
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Wonder how it is for stroke prevention?...love my 3x week HIIT on an Elliptical


8 posted on 08/19/2024 7:24:22 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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Short, intense bursts of exercise more effective after stroke than steady, moderate exercise

If it doesn’t kill you.


9 posted on 08/19/2024 7:28:00 AM PDT by CoastWatcher
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I go from 117 to @170 bpm...maintaining @155 bpm for 2 min at a time...seems to have made my heart stronger


10 posted on 08/19/2024 8:25:32 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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