Physical fitness training for stroke patients (Review) - Update Software

C O N T R I B U T I O N S O F A U T H O R S
Original review
DH Saunders, CA Greig, GE Mead and A Young contributed to writing the review protocol.
DH Saunders developed and ran searches, selected studies, extracted and interpreted data, performed the analyses, and co-wrote the
review.
CA Greig and GE Mead selected studies, extracted and interpreted data, performed the analyses, and co-wrote the review.
A Young provided comments on interim drafts of the review.
For this update
M Brazzelli developed and ran searches, selected studies, extracted and interpreted data, performed the analyses, and wrote the review.
DH Saunders selected studies, extracted and interpreted data, and contributed to writing the review.
GE Mead and CA Greig selected studies and provided comments on a draft version of the review.
D E C L A R A T I O N S O F I N T E R E S T
DH Saunders and CA Greig were co-authors of one included study (Mead 2007).
GE Mead has received research funding for exercise after stroke. She has received honoraria from Later Life Training to develop an
educational course of exercise after stroke for exercise professionals. She has also received honoraria and expenses to present work on
exercise after stroke at conferences. She has led a trial of exercise after stroke that is included in the review (Mead 2007).
S O U R C E S O F S U P P O R T
Internal sources
• No sources of support supplied
External sources
• The Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates, Scotland, UK.
M Brazzelli was funded by the Chief Scientist Office (grant reference CZG/2/456)
I N D E X T E R M S
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
∗ Exercise Therapy; ∗ Physical Fitness; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Resistance Training; Stroke [mortality; ∗ rehabilitation]
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