Gillian Mead

TL;DR: The incidence of stroke is likely to continue to escalate because of an expanding population of elderly Americans; a growing epidemic of diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity among the general population; and a greater prevalence of heart failure patients.

TL;DR: The effectiveness of exercise in the treatment of depression in adults compared with no treatment or a comparator intervention was determined and there were multiple sources of bias in many of the trials.

TL;DR: In this article, a number of theoretical reasons why exercise may improve depression are discussed. But they do not consider the effect of physical activity on depression, and do not address the effects of depression on mental health.

TL;DR: Cardiorespiratory training and, to a lesser extent, mixed training reduce disability during or after usual stroke care; this could be mediated by improved mobility and balance.

TL;DR: A Cochrane overview of systematic reviews of interventions provided to improve upper limb function after stroke found moderate-quality evidence showed a beneficial effect of constraint-induced movement therapy, mental practice, mirror therapy, interventions for sensory impairment, virtual reality and a relatively high dose of repetitive task practice, suggesting that these may be effective interventions.