Here is good news for stroke patients who partake in a therapeutic exercise program. According to the results of a study published the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, they may experience a reduction in depressive symptoms.



Depression is common in stroke patients in addition to physical disability. Dr. Sue-Min Lai, of the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, and colleagues point this out. Though in previous studies it has been found that physical exercise can reduce symptoms in depressed patients, the effect of exercise on stroke patients is only known from the present research.



Via: Reuters