Associations Between Adherence to the Physical Activity and Exercise Program Applied in the LAST Study and Functional Recovery After Stroke

Objective: To investigate the associations between participants’ adherence to a physical activity and exercise program after stroke and functional recovery 18 months after inclusion. Design: Secondary analyses of the intervention arm in the multisite randomized controlled trial Life After Stroke (LAST). Setting: Primary health care services in 3 Norwegian municipalities. Participants: Of the participants enrolled (NZ380), 186 (48.9%) were randomized to the intervention. The study sample comprised community dwelling individuals included 3 months after stroke, with mean age of 71.7 11.9 years and 82 (44.1%) women. According to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, 97.3% were diagnosed as having mild (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale