Journal article
Physical Activity After Stroke Is Associated With Increased Interhemispheric Connectivity of the Dorsal Attention Network
Michele Veldsman, Leonid Churilov, Emilio Werden, Qi Li, Toby Cumming, Amy Brodtmann
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Attention is frequently impaired after stroke, and its impairment is associated with poor quality of life. Physical activity benefits attention in healthy populations and has also been associated with recovery after brain injury. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relationship between objectively measured daily physical activity, attention network connectivity, and attention task performance after stroke. We hypothesized that increased daily physical activity would be associated with improved attention network function. METHODS: Stroke patients (n = 62; mean age = 67 years, SD = 12.6 years) and healthy controls (n = 27; mean age = 68 years, SD = 6 years) underwent cognitive testing a..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1020526), the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation, and the Mason Trust.