Test-retest reliability and four-week changes in cardiopulmonary fitness in stroke patients: evaluation using a robotics-assisted tilt table.

Journal: BMC neurology
PMID: 27600918

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Exercise testing devices for evaluating cardiopulmonary fitness in patients with severe disability after stroke are lacking, but we have adapted a robotics-assisted tilt table (RATT) for cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Using the RATT in a sample of patients after stroke, this study aimed to investigate test-retest reliability and repeatability of CPET and to prospectively investigate changes in cardiopulmonary outcomes over a period of four weeks.

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  • Jittima Saengsuwan
    Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Information Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland. jittima.saengsuwan@bfh.ch.
  • Lucia Berger
    Research Department, Reha Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden, Switzerland.
  • Corina Schuster-Amft
  • Tobias Nef
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. tobias.nef@artorg.unibe.ch.
  • Kenneth J Hunt

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