Jamaican Doctor Makes Breakthrough Discovery

[Peter R]

Walking Off A Stroke - Jamaican Doctor Makes Breakthrough Discovery In Stroke Recovery
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...h/health1.html

[Exile]

Interesting....

[Mosiah]

Really?

[Exile]

Isn't it?

[Mosiah]

Seems rather...commonplace. I see a lot of stroke victims walking where I used to live.

The other thing is, stroke affects victims differently so how can you make a definitive argument that walking was what really brought about the improvement?!?

That's why I am not a doctor!

[HL]

One of the greatest fixer-upper for most ailments is excercise; walking for prolonged period being the easiest and most simple.

Have to give the research some credence, since it was published in

Full Text Brief Report: Effect of Aerobic Exercise (Walking) Training on Functional Status and Health-related Quality of Life in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Carron D. Gordon,
• Rainford Wilks,
• and Affette McCaw-Binns

Stroke. 2013;44:1179-1181, published online before print March 7 2013,

[Exile]

That's why it's called a 'randomized controlled trial'...and not anecdotal unpublished experiences from Marshall.

[HL]

I think Mosiah is pullin' your legs Exile!!

[Mosiah]

Of course! Again, I am not a doctor! You thought I was?

[Willi]

double blinded?

[Exile]

Bush doctor?