Effects and Mechanism of the Sequential Combination of Exercise and Cognitive Training in Stroke Patients

The aerobic exercise program using progressive resistive stationary bicycle training which will contain warm-up, resistive physical exercise, and cool-down. The training resistance will increase with improvement of participants' performance.

The control training program will receive 30 minutes non-aerobic exercise training, including stretching muscle skills, joint mobility exercises; in addition to one 30-minute session of unstructured mental activities, such as reading books or reading educational films.

The computerized cognitive training program will be implemented with the brainHQ to target abilities of visuospatial processing, attention, memory, and executive function. The level of the training program will become more difficult with progress in participants' targeted cognitive abilities.