Technology-supported sitting balance therapy versus usual care in the chronic stage after stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Technology development for sitting balance therapy and trunk rehabilitation is scarce. Hence, intensive one-to-one therapist-patient training is still required. We have developed a novel rehabilitation prototype, specifically aimed at providing sitting balance therapy. We investigated whether technology-supported sitting balance training was feasible and safe in chronic stroke patients and we determined whether clinical outcomes improved after a four-week programme, compared with usual care.

Methods

In this parallel-group, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled pilot trial, we divided first-event chronic stroke participants into two groups. The experimental group received usual care plus additional therapy supported by rehabilitation technology, consisting of 12

SUBMITTER: Thijs L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8316712 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature