2019 Jul 07

New citation required and conclusions have changed

In this update there are now more studies containing resistance training either as a standalone intervention or as part of mixed training (resistance plus cardiorespiratory). This has clarified that resistance training content within programmes of training can benefit balance after stroke.

There are new co‐authors with experience of exercise and activity after stroke.

2019 Jul 07

New search has been performed

We have updated all main electronic search strategies to July 2018; we have rewritten the syntax of all the search strategies including the addition of new resources (PsycINFO). Layout of the methods now mirrors that in a related review (Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour after stroke).

We have included 17 additional randomised controlled trials, bringing the total number of included studies to 75, involving 3617 participants.

2015 Nov 12

New citation required and conclusions have changed

New trials have changed where significant benefits emerge. Improvements in global indices of disability are apparent now for mixed training as well as cardiorespiratory training. Improvements in balance are now only apparent among trials of mixed training. We have added a new patient‐important outcome (cognitive function) but there is a lack of evidence and this highlights an important knowledge gap.

2015 Oct 29

New search has been performed

We have updated all main electronic search strategies to February 2015. We have included 13 additional randomised controlled trials, bringing the total number of included trials to 58, involving 2797 participants. We have added a cognitive function outcome to the review because this has been identified as a research priority. Secondly an application to carry out a Cochrane review of exercise interventions for cognition after stroke was judged to overlap and to be more efficiently combined with this review of fitness training interventions after stroke. We checked all previously included trials for cognitive outcomes as well as those in the updated searches. We have added two new co‐authors.

2013 Jul 05

New citation required and conclusions have changed

Additional co‐author. We have revised the main text and conclusions of the review according to the findings of the new included trials.

2013 Jan 28

New search has been performed

We have updated all main electronic search strategies to January 2013. We have included 13 additional randomised clinical trials, bringing the total number of included trials to 45, involving 2188 participants. We have incorporated 'Risk of bias' tables.

2010 Nov 22

New search has been performed

We have updated all main electronic search strategies to March 2010. We have included 11 additional randomised clinical trials and seven ongoing trials. We have clarified our inclusion criteria and objectives.

2010 Nov 22

New citation required and conclusions have changed

New first author. We have revised the main text and conclusions of the review according to the findings of the new included trials.

2009 Mar 02

New search has been performed

We updated the search of the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register in March 2009.

2008 Nov 03

New search has been performed

We updated the searches to March 2007. There are now 24 trials, involving 1147 participants, included in the review; 12 more trials than in the previous version. The text of the review has been revised throughout.

2008 Nov 03

New citation required and conclusions have changed

There is sufficient evidence to incorporate cardiorespiratory training, using walking as a mode of exercise, into the rehabilitation of patients with stroke in order to improve speed, tolerance and independence during walking, but further trials are needed to determine the optimal exercise prescription after stroke and to establish whether any long‐term benefits exist.

2008 Sep 29

Amended

Converted to new review format.