Similar results were reported for total cholesterol .
Blood pressure reductions were noted but were non-significant when corrected for multimodal packages including enhanced pharmacotherapy compliance .
Conclusions There is currently insufficient high quality research to support lifestyle interventions post-stroke or TIA on mortality , CVD event rates and cardio-metabolic risk factor profiles .
Promising blood pressure reductions were noted in multimodal interventions which addressed lifestyle
Background and purpose Secondary prevention in ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack ( TIA ) is dominated by pharmacological interventions with evidence for non-pharmacological interventions being less robust .
This systematic review and meta- analysis examines the impact of lifestyle interventions on secondary prevention in stroke or TIA .
Successfully Improving Physical Activity Behavior after Rehabilitation
Purpose . To determine the effects of the physical activity promotion programs Rehabilitation & Sports ( R&S ) and Active after Rehabilitation ( AaR ) on sport and daily physical activity 1 year after in- or outpatient rehabilitation . Design . Subjects in intervention rehabilitation centers were r and omized into a group receiving R&S only  ( n = 315 ) and a group receiving R&S and AaR ( n = 284 ) . Subjects in six control centers ( n = 603 ) received usual care . Setting . Ten Dutch rehabilitation centers . Subjects . Subjects consisted of 1202 rehabilitation patients . Most frequent diagnoses were stroke , neurological disorders , and back disorders . Intervention . Both the sport stimulation program ( R&S ) and the daily physical activity promotion program ( AaR ) consisted of personalized tailored counseling . Measures . Two sport outcomes and two daily physical activity outcomes were assessed with question naires at baseline and 1 year after rehabilitation . Analysis . Multilevel analyses comparing both intervention groups to the control group . Results . The R&S program showed no significant effects . Intention-to-treat analyses in the R&S + AaR group showed borderline significant improvements in one sport ( odds ratio [ OR ] = 1.66 , p = .02 ) and both physical activity outcomes ( OR = 1.68 , p = .01 and regression coefficient = 10.78 , p = .05 ) . On-treatment analyses in the R&S + AaR group showed similar but stronger effects . Conclusions . The combination of the R&S and AaR programs improved physical activity behavior and sport participation 1 year after in- or outpatient rehabilitation . The R&S program alone did not have any effects
Similar results were reported for total cholesterol .
Blood pressure reductions were noted but were non-significant when corrected for multimodal packages including enhanced pharmacotherapy compliance .
Conclusions There is currently insufficient high quality research to support lifestyle interventions post-stroke or TIA on mortality , CVD event rates and cardio-metabolic risk factor profiles .
Promising blood pressure reductions were noted in multimodal interventions which addressed lifestyle
Background and purpose Secondary prevention in ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack ( TIA ) is dominated by pharmacological interventions with evidence for non-pharmacological interventions being less robust .
This systematic review and meta- analysis examines the impact of lifestyle interventions on secondary prevention in stroke or TIA .