Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 8 , Pages 1100-1105 , August 2006

Maximal Exercise Test Results in Subacute Stroke

  • Ada Tang, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • ,
  • Kathryn M. Sibley, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • ,
  • Scott G. Thomas, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • ,
  • William E. McIlroy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • ,
  • Dina Brooks, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Dina Brooks, PhD, Dept of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Rm 160, 500 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada Research Chair, New Investigator Award), the Government of Ontario/Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Provincial Rehabilitation Research Program, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00398-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.04.016

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 8 , Pages 1100-1105 , August 2006

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