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Fig. 2 | BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Fig. 2

From: Three-week exercise and protein intake immediately after exercise increases the 6-min walking distance with simultaneously improved plasma volume in patients with chronic cerebrovascular disease: a preliminary prospective study

Fig. 2

Study protocol. Each patient received in-hospital 11-h rehabilitation program per week for 3 weeks. Each rehabilitation session lasted 1 h, the 1st one was conducted in the morning and another in the afternoon on 5 weekdays, and one session was done on Saturday morning. Treadmill; walking on treadmill (WEBG3300, Reha-Tread G, Senoh Corporation, Chiba, Japan) at a speed adjusted according to each patient. Stepping the stairs; climbing up and down the stairs in the hospital. Hand cycling ergometer; cycling upper body ergometer (WBK284740H, Rehab Trainer 881E, Monark Exercise AB, Sverige, Sweden) with their hands at wattage adjusted according to each patient. Standing up repetition; standing up from a chair, sitting down and repeating. The Borg’s scale of each patient’s program was recorded. Patients of the intervention group received protein-rich jelly while those of the control group received protein-free jelly within 30 min after the rehabilitation session. Physical fitness tests were performed in the evening of the day before starting the rehabilitation program and the last day of 3-week program. Blood samples were drawn and plasma volume was measured during 7:30–8:00 am before breakfast on the same days as above. *, blood pressure and pulse rate were checked. CPX, Cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

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