Introduction
stroke
STROKE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
The health benefits of physical activity have been proven to considerably reduce the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, including stroke.Patients with stroke are susceptible to being less active than older adults with nonneurological chronic conditions, especially compared with healthy older individuals.Longitudinal studies are crucial to determining the clinical factors associated with physical activity following stroke. This knowledge explains how early interventions to address physical activity participation should be targeted. A few small-sample longitudinal studies showed that patients with stroke were initially physically active during rehabilitation but tended to be inactive after discharge.