The effect of additional core stability exercises on improving dynamic sitting balance and trunk control for subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

Objective: To examine the effect of core stability exercises on trunk control, dynamic sitting and standing balance, gait, and activities of daily living in subacute stroke patients. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation hospital in two centres. Subjects: Eighty pa...

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Published in:Clinical rehabilitation 2016-10, Vol.30 (10), p.1024-1033
Main Authors: Cabanas-Valdés, Rosa, Bagur-Calafat, Caritat, Girabent-Farrés, Montserrat, Caballero-Gómez, Fernanda Mª, Hernández-Valiño, Montserrat, Urrútia Cuchí, Gerard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Balance
Barthel Index
Clinical trials
Evaluation
Exercise Therapy
Female
Gait
Gait - physiology
Hospitalization
Humans
Intervention
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Activity - physiology
Postural Balance - physiology
Posture - physiology
Rehabilitation
Stroke
Stroke - complications
Stroke - physiopathology
Stroke Rehabilitation
Torso
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Objective: To examine the effect of core stability exercises on trunk control, dynamic sitting and standing balance, gait, and activities of daily living in subacute stroke patients. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation hospital in two centres. Subjects: Eighty patients (mean of 23.25 (±16.7) days post-stroke) were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. Interventions: Both groups underwent conventional therapy for five days/week for five weeks and the experimental group performed core stability exercises for 15 min/day. The patients were assessed before and after intervention. Main measures: The Trunk Impairment Scale (Spanish-Version) and Function in Sitting Test were used to measure the primary outcome of dynamic sitting balance. Secondary outcome measures were standing balance and gait as evaluated via Berg Balance Scale, Tinetti Test, Brunel Balance Assessment, Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke (Spanish-Version), and activities of daily living using Barthel Index. Results: The experimental group showed statistically significant differences for all of the total scale scores (P
ISSN:0269-2155
1477-0873
DOI:10.1177/0269215515609414