Exercise and Fitness Training After Stroke

This brand new book is the fi rst of its kind dedicated to exercise and fitness training after stroke. It aims to provide health professionals and other suitably qualified practitioners with the necessary information to design and evaluate exercise programmes for people after stroke which are safe and effective. The content is based on current evidence and aligned with national clinical guidelines and service frameworks, transcending stroke rehabilitation to lifestyle change and well-being through regular physical activity and exercise. The book comprehensively discusses the manifestations of stroke while demonstrating how stroke is managed, the evidence for exercise after stroke, how to design and evaluate exercise for people after stroke, as well as how to set up exercise services. Edited by Gillian E Mead, MB B Chir, MA, MD, FRCP, Reader in Geriatric Medicine/Honorary Consultant Geriatrician, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Scotland; British Association of Stroke Physicians-Scientific Committee; British Geriatrics Society-Academic and Research Committee; Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network: member of guideline development group for stroke and Frederike Van Wijck, BSc, MSc, PhD, MCSP, FHEA, Reader in Neurological Rehabilitation, Institute for Applied Health Research, School for Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland,UK. Table of Contents: Foreword Introduction Gillian Mead, Frederike van Wijck, Marie Donaghy, Part 1 The patient journey John Brown What is a stroke? Gillian Mead The management of stroke Gillian Mead and John Dennis. Post stroke problems Frederike van Wijck and Mark Smith Part 2 Fitness and function after stroke Dave Saunders and Carolyn Greig The evidence base for exercise after stroke Gillian Mead and Dave Saunders Understanding exercise behaviour Marie Donaghy Part 3 Preparing for exercise John Dennis and Gillian Mead Communication: getting it right Marie Donaghy and Sheena Borthwick Designing an exercise programme Sara Wicebloom and Susie Dinan-Young Implementing an exercise programme John Dennis and Sara Wicebloom Evaluation of exercise outcomes Frederike van Wijck Part 4 Models of service design Catherine Best Guidelines for service design Catherine Best Gillian Mead John Dennis Conclusions Gillian Mead Frederike van Wijck Marie Donaghy