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Core Stability Exercises Yield Multiple Benefits for Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation . Apr2022, Vol. 101 Issue 4, p314-323. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Objective: This study examined the effect of core stability exercises on trunk control, core muscle strength, standing weight-bearing symmetry, and balance confidence of people with chronic stroke. Design : This was an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial involving 84 ambulatory patients with middle cerebral artery stroke, randomly assigned to three training groups. Two experimental groups practiced core stability exercises either on stable or on unstable support surfaces. In contrast, the control group received standard physiotherapy. All the participants underwent an hour-long training session a day, thrice a week over a 6-wk duration, and followed-up after 12 mos. Trunk Impairment Scale, core muscle strength, weight-bearing asymmetry in standing, and Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale were the outcome measures. Results : Compared with the control group, the two experimental groups demonstrated a significant improvement on all the outcome measures from baseline to posttraining and from baseline to 12-mo follow-up (P < 0.001). The two experimental groups demonstrated no significant difference between them on all the measures (P > 0.05). Conclusions : Core stability exercises on stable and unstable support surfaces are equally beneficial in improving trunk control, core muscle strength, standing weight-bearing symmetry, and balance confidence of ambulatory patients with chronic stroke than the standard physiotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MEDICAL rehabilitation
*EXERCISE tests
*STATISTICS
*CONFIDENCE
*REHABILITATION centers
*STATISTICAL reliability
*RANGE of motion of joints
*MUSCLE contraction
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CHRONIC diseases
*TORSO
*MUSCLES
*STANDING position
*POSTURAL balance
*PHYSICAL therapy
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*PARALYSIS
*RESEARCH methodology evaluation
*ONE-way analysis of variance
*TERTIARY care
*PATIENTS
*FISHER exact test
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*CEREBRAL arteries
*COMPARATIVE studies
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*CRONBACH'S alpha
*SITTING position
*LEG
*INTER-observer reliability
*MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
*SELF-efficacy
*STROKE rehabilitation
*DIAGNOSIS
*POSTURE
*MUSCLE strength
*STROKE patients
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ROTATIONAL motion
*REPEATED measures design
*ABDOMINAL exercises
*STATISTICAL sampling
*DATA analysis software
*DATA analysis
*BACK exercises
*WEIGHT-bearing (Orthopedics)
*LONGITUDINAL method
*EVALUATION
RESEARCH evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08949115
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155933008
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001794