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Increased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor with high-intensity interval training in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial [with consumer summary]
Hsu C-C, Fu T-C, Huang S-C, Chen CP-C, Wang J-S
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2021 Jul;64(4):101385
clinical trial
6/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

BACKGROUND: Physiological adaptations of stroke patients after high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: This study determined the HIIT and MICT effects on aerobic capacity, cerebral oxygenation, peak cardiac output (CO), and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in stroke patients. METHODS: We included 23 stroke patients with age about 55 years and stroke duration > 24 months; participants completed 36 sessions of exercise training for 30 min; 13 were randomly assigned to perform MICT at 60% of peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) and 10 to perform HIIT at alternating 80% (3 min) and 40% (3 min) VO2peak. Before and after interventions, we evaluated VO2peak, peak CO, arteriovenous oxygen difference (AV-O2diff), bilateral frontal cortex oxygenation (relative changes of oxyhemoglobin delta O2Hb, deoxyhemoglobin delta HHb, and total hemoglobin delta THb levels), serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) level, and fluorescent cell staining for neuron morphology and percentage of cell-bearing neurites (% neurites). RESULTS: HIIT induced significant increases in VO2peak (p = 0.008), CO (p = 0.038), delta HHb (p = 0.046), delta THb (p = 0.046), and serum BDNF level (p = 0.012). The improvement in VO2peak was significantly greater with HIIT than MICT (20.7% versus 9.8%, p = 0.031), as was AV-O2diff (p = 0.041), delta HHb (p = 0.027), and serum BDNF level (p < 0.001). HIIT facilitated neuron dendritic protrusions (greater % neurites, p = 0.012) with prominent redistribution of mitochondria. CONCLUSION: As compared with MICT, HIIT-improved aerobic capacity by increasing systemic tissue O2 extraction in stroke patients. Increased cerebral O2 utilization in the involved hemisphere was also identified after HIIT. These physiological adaptations may be associated with increased serum BDNF level. In vitro dendritic growth in neurons treated with serum from HIIT participants may imply significant effects on neuron activities as compared with MICT. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04135391.

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