Oxygen uptake efficiency slope in community-dwelling ambulant stroke survivors during walking and stair climbing: a cross-sectional study.
Janaine Cunha PoleseLouise AdaRaquel de Carvalho LanaKarina BosonIza Faria-FortiniLuci F Teixeira-SalmelaPublished in: Topics in stroke rehabilitation (2022)
Stroke survivors had lower oxygen uptake efficiency slope during the performance of the 6-min Walk Test when compared to sex- and age-matched healthy controls. This suggests that stroke survivors have worse cardiopulmonary capacity.