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MacStroke Canada uses exercise and physical activity to improve the health and lives of people living with stroke. Find us on Facebook and Instagram too!
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https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/srs/research/macstroke 13-11-2014 13:06:59
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Sandra Billinger Dale is one of the most generous researchers out there! This is a most deserving honour! Our field knows so much more about stroke recovery & rehabilitation because of Dale and his science 🧠 #legend


Such a fantastic 1st national investigator meeting for #StrokeGoRed 🧠❤️💃 funded by CIHR Institute of Gender & Health Heart & Stroke Brain Canada at the Canadian Stroke Congress


Terrific work by Kenny Noguchi who used data from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to study how much people with #stroke engage in #aerobic and #strengthening activities Out now in JNPT ⬇️⬇️⤵️

Honoured to be part of this amazing panel at #StrokeCongres to talk about #stroke in #women and how we are examining ways to boost representation in #clinicaltrials Adria Quigley Thanks Heart & Stroke for supporting the ORDER study

So thrilled to work with Amy Yu, MD to create StrokeGoRed, the first national network of research excellence focused on #stroke in #women ♥️ More to come!




NEW: Extremely thoughtful sex- and gender-based analysis of people with #stroke in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) study by Clare Thompson (mentorship courtesy of Elise Wiley) #SGBA Both sex AND gender-based factors influence cognition in people with stroke archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-…


Kevin Moncion, PT PhD Michelle Ploughman MacStroke Canada Wes Lefferts Patrice Brassard, PhD Jonathan Smirl John M. Jakicic, PhD Lauren Ptomey (Silent P) American College of Sports Medicine NiCole Keith John Thyfault (TeeFo) Liam Johnson @sthilarajah Timo Klein Nik Kudiersky Avril Mansfield Susan Linder, PhD, CCF PM&R Talya Fleming, MD Torsten Rackoll


Excited to see this paper out now, led by lab undergrad alumni Clare Thompson and Elise Wiley using National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) data

📢📢 Calling our #PT colleagues working in #stroke #rehab! We’d love your input on our new toolkit for implementing #aerobic #exercise after #stroke Contact [email protected] to learn more U of T Department of Physical Therapy


Ada Tang (MacStroke Canada), assistant dean of Rehabilitation Science McMaster School of Rehabilitation Science, spoke with Medscape about the benefits of painting “a fuller, holistic picture” of a patient’s health behaviors and health history. ow.ly/qS5N50UMQNP

Another paper from Sarah Ashcroft PhD which has important implications for prescribing HIIT after stroke. High Intensity Interval Training POst-STroke (HIIT-POST): Perspectives of People Living With Stroke and Health Professionals journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

✨ICYMI ✨ New Australian Physical Activity Clinical Practice Guidelines for people with moderate-severe TBI led by Leanne Hassett Liam Johnson and team, out now with evidence-based practical guidance across hospital, school and community settings

Glad to work with Adria Quigley Mark Bayley CanStroke Recovery Trials to advance research in understanding why women have been underrepresented in stroke trials and what we can do about it

THRILLED! 🤩 This is such a well-deserved honour to see Dr Dina Brooks recognized with a YWCA Hamilton Women of Distinction award. Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners 🌟✨