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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92736-5
The relationship between exercise and stroke recurrence is controversial.
This study was designed to test whether an association exists between exercise and ischemic stroke recurrence in first-ever ischemic stroke survivors.
Data were collected from January 2010 to June 2016.
Baseline information was obtained during face-to-face interviews, and follow-up phone interviews were conducted every 3 months.
Exercise type, frequency, intensity, and duration were recorded.
Discrete-time survival analysis was used to determine the relationship between exercise and stroke recurrence.
760 first-ever ischemic stroke survivors who were able to exercise were enrolled.
After adjusting for covariates, patients who exercised 3.5–7 h per week and more than 7 h per week had a lower relapse risk than patients who did not exercise (3.5–7: OR 0.415; > 7: OR 0.356).
Moreover, if the fluctuation of exercise duration was over 4 h, the patients had a higher risk of stroke recurrence than those with variability of less than 2 h (OR 2.153, P = 0.013).
Stroke survivors who engage in long-term regular mild exercise (more than 5 sessions per week and lasting on average 40 min per session) have a lower recurrence rate.
Irregular exercise increases the risk of stroke recurrence.
- Article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 June 2021
- Lisha Hou,
- Mier Li,
- Ju Wang,
- Yawen Li,
- Qianwen Zheng,
- Lu Zhang,
- Qiang Yao,
- Jing Zhang,
- Shuju Dong,
- Muke Zhou &
- Cairong Zhu
The relationship between exercise and stroke recurrence is controversial.
This study was designed to test whether an association exists between exercise and ischemic stroke recurrence in first-ever ischemic stroke survivors.
Data were collected from January 2010 to June 2016.
Baseline information was obtained during face-to-face interviews, and follow-up phone interviews were conducted every 3 months.
Exercise type, frequency, intensity, and duration were recorded.
Discrete-time survival analysis was used to determine the relationship between exercise and stroke recurrence.
760 first-ever ischemic stroke survivors who were able to exercise were enrolled.
After adjusting for covariates, patients who exercised 3.5–7 h per week and more than 7 h per week had a lower relapse risk than patients who did not exercise (3.5–7: OR 0.415; > 7: OR 0.356).
Moreover, if the fluctuation of exercise duration was over 4 h, the patients had a higher risk of stroke recurrence than those with variability of less than 2 h (OR 2.153, P = 0.013).
Stroke survivors who engage in long-term regular mild exercise (more than 5 sessions per week and lasting on average 40 min per session) have a lower recurrence rate.
Irregular exercise increases the risk of stroke recurrence.
