Cognitive Therapy + Exercise Relieves Stroke Fatigue
The persistent fatigue that can linger for months and even years following a stroke currently has no treatment.
The persistent fatigue that can linger for months and even years following a stroke currently has no treatment.
A new study suggest a combination of talk therapy and exercise might help. Researchers in the Netherlands recruited 83 stroke patients suffering from chronic fatigue and assigned them to one of two groups: one group underwent 12 weeks of cognitive therapy that was conducted in small groups; the other group underwent cognitive therapy plus exercise training.
At the end of the 12 weeks, 58% of the participants in the cognitive therapy plus exercise group experienced a "clinically relevant" improvement in fatigue, compared to only 24% in the group that received just cognitive therapy.
Once again, exercise to the rescue. Frankly it only makes sense that the benefit of exercising in reawakening and invigorating the mind and body can help many people no matter what their condition.
Peter Langhorne: Post Stroke Complications
Keywords: Depression, anxiety, emotionalism, fatigue, pain, musculoskeletal pain, shoulder pain, spasticity, central post stroke pain.
(SSTattler: It takes about 15 minutes by Dr. Langhorne. It is worth it if you have "fatigue").
Minimally Invasive Maze Procedure Prevents Stroke
Bruce MacDonald, an avid cyclist, learned after his stroke that his fatigue, shortness of breath and increased heart medication doses were all symptoms of atrial fibrillation. To prevent another stroke, Bruce underwent the minimally invasive Maze procedure at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Cardiovascular Institute in Boston.
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