From U Edinburgh: Stroke: physical fitness, exercise, and fatigue

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22550615

Stroke Res Treat. 2012;2012:632531. Epub 2012 Mar 14.

Stroke: physical fitness, exercise, and fatigue.

Mead G, Bernhardt J, Kwakkel G.

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School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, UK.

"If we could put exercise into a drug, it would be one of the most effective medications to prevent vascular disease and treat patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases including stroke. Exercise reduces the risk of diabetes and hypertension and improves lipid profiles. There is good evidence that exercise reduces the risk of a first-ever stroke [1]. There is now an increasing body of evidence that suggests that exercise after stroke has a number of benefits and may help address common post-stroke problems including fatigue [2]."