Journal of Novel Physiotherapies
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Review Article

A Review of the Effectiveness of Aerobic Training in Increasing Endurance in Subacute Stroke Patients

¹Neurology Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece

²Department of Medical Laboratories, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Athens, Greece

³Athens Metropolitan College, Health Sciencies Faculty, School of Physiotherapy, Athens, Greece

⁴School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece and Filoktitis Medical Center, Athens, Greece

Corresponding Author:

Dr. Angoules AG
Department of Medical Laboratories
Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
Tel: 30-6977011617
E-mail: antoniosangoules@yahoo.com

Received Date: January 12, 2017; Accepted Date: February 08, 2017; Published Date: February 15, 2017

Citation: Balakatounis KC, Angoules AG, Angoules GA, Panagiotopoulou KA (2017) A Review of the Effectiveness of Aerobic Training in Increasing Endurance in Subacute Stroke Patients. J Nov Physiother 7:334. doi:10.4172/2165-7025.1000334

Copyright: © 2017 Balakatounis KC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review the effectiveness of aerobic training in increasing endurance in subacute stroke patients.

Methods: A review of available research was selected. Electronic databases searched online were Medline- Pubmed, Cumulative Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE).

Results: Aerobic training appears to have a positive effect on endurance and oxygen consumption.

Conclusion: Further research studying the effect of endurance training in subacute stroke patients, is required in order to reach a clearer image of the effect of aerobic training in stroke patients in the subacute phase.

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