title: Reduced cardiovascular fitness and ambulatory function in Black and White stroke survivors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the hypothesis that quantitative measures of cardiovascular fitness and ambulatory function differ in Black and White hemiparetic stroke survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient academic medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total of 118 hemiparetic stroke survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cardiovascular fitness was measured as VO2 peak and ambulatory function using the six-minute walk distance and 30-foot walking velocity in medically screened, community-dwelling stroke survivors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 118 subjects (56% Black and 44% White), no differences were seen in 1) VO2 peak between Black or White men (15.0+/-4.3 vs. 15.1+/-3.9 mL/kg/minute) or women (11.5+/-2.7 vs. 12.3+/-3.7 mL/kg/minute); 2) six-minute walk distance between Black or White men (223+/-112 m vs 226+/-132 m) or women (198+/-100 vs 157+/-93 m); or 3) 30-foot walking velocity between Black or White men (0.60+/-0.27 m/second vs 0.61+/-0.31 m/ second) or women (0.50+/-0.21 m/second vs 0.41+/-0.23 m/second).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No racial differences were seen in the degree of physical deconditioning in a selected population of community dwelling hemiparetic stroke survivors.
authors: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors: Holly E
authors: HE
authors: Hinson
authors: Shawnna L
authors: SL
authors: Patterson
authors: Richard F
authors: RF
authors: Macko
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005080:Exercise Test; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*; D044465:White People