Intensity is not time: reframing dose prescription in post-stroke neurorehabilitation.
Ibrahim Npochinto Moumeni
PMID 42293375WHAT IT FOUND
What this paper is
This is a Perspective article, not a study. The author argues that stroke rehabilitation should be prescribed by biological intensity rather than by session length, proposes a scoring formula (repetitions x load x engagement, divided by active minutes) and suggests target intensity ranges for each phase of recovery. The evidence behind it comes from other published trials summarised in a table, not from new data. There are no patients, no methods and no outcomes, and the author states that the formula and the target ranges have not been tested or validated. There is no finding here to act on.
Declared interests
The authors declared that no financial support was received for this work or its publication. The framework rests largely on the author's own earlier publications, which appear in the summary table.
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