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Grant awarded to increase the use of aerobic exercise with stroke patients
June 16, 2014
Marianne Thornton in the Clinical Epidemiology Department, along with a team of experts, has been awarded $70,000 by the
Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
and the Dr. Tony Hakim Stroke Research Award to help close the gap between evidence and clinical practice regarding aerobic exercise in stroke rehabilitation. Despite overwhelming evidence showing the benefits of aerobic exercise for people who have had a stroke, many clinicians and physiotherapists do not incorporate it into their recovery programs, often fearing that it may be too difficult or potentially dangerous. Ms. Thornton’s project will examine whether an e-learning program can improve clinical implementation of aerobic exercise for stroke patients.
About the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and is an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa, closely associated with the university’s Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. OHRI includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
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