Sarah Ashcroft

@SarahKAshcroft

Exercise physiologist + researcher | Stroke recovery, patient partnership/co-design, exercise

Sydney, Australia Joined April 2021

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Sarah Ashcroft @SarahKAshcroft Jan 24, 2024

#thesis submitted yesterday 🎉

Main findings incl:
🥵 High intensity aerobic exercise increases BDNF in stroke

🗣️ People with stroke want high intensity exercise - but don’t use the term “high intensity”

👥 Health professionals want CPD on high intensity exercise prescription

Sarah Ashcroft @SarahKAshcroft Jan 11

Sex and gender differences are evident across the timeline of stroke. We need to make sure everyone is included in trials and we conduct sex- and gender-based analyses to ensure we are providing #personalised care

International Journal of Stroke Verified account @IntJStroke Jan 10

🚨🌎Scientific Statement from the World Stroke Organization

Addressing sex and gender differences in stroke risk and management

Read the full statement here👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… @cheryl_carcel

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Sarah Ashcroft @SarahKAshcroft Oct 9, 2025

‼️Early career researchers in stroke rehabilitation

The International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance (ISRRA) Early Career Group invites you to share your needs and experiences as an ECR in stroke rehabilitation.

This will help us direct the goals and activities!

Sarah Ashcroft @SarahKAshcroft Sep 3, 2025

Had a great time at the @ESOstroke Edinburgh Stroke Research Workshop the past three days.

Nothing better than talking all things stroke research with incredible people from around the world!

Sarah Ashcroft @SarahKAshcroft Jun 24, 2025

📣 My final PhD study has just been published!
@liamgjohnson @SuzanneKuys @A_ThompsonButel

In a ‘healthy adult’ cohort ⬆️ lactate may indicate ⬆️ #BDNF, but there is no correlation

🤔 BUT being male or carrying the Val66Met polymorphism may change this

dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.70…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com Concomitant Increases in Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Lactate Post‐Exercise Do Not... While BDNF and lactate concentrations are responsive to a submaximal graded exercise test in a healthy population, lactate cannot be used as an alternative to BDNF and subsequently may not be an...