Effects of Assisted Cycling Therapy on Inhibition in Stroke Survivors
Description
Executive function is vital for activities of daily living especially in stroke survivors because it is critical to everyday tasks (e.g., driving, cooking, etc.). An innovative way to improve executive function may be Assisted Cycling Therapy (ACT). This is among the first studies to use a Stroop task to measure inhibition, selective attention, and information processing speed following ACT in stroke survivors. Twenty-three participants post-stroke performed ACT, voluntary cycling (VC) and no cycling (NC). The results showed that there were improvements in the Stroop task following an acute session of ACT but not following VC or NC. These results suggest that ACT resulted in increased afferent information which may have resulted in increased arousal and excitability in regions of the prefrontal cortex. These factors have been shown to improve executive function.
Date Created
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2017-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Cooper, Aspen
- Thesis director: Ringenbach, Shannon
- Committee member: Holzapfel, Simon
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College