Telerehabilitation for balance rehabilitation in the subacute stage of stroke: a pilot controlled trial
Author
Salgueiro, Carina
Urrútia, Gerard
Cabanas-Valdés, Rosa
Publication date
2022ISSN
1053-8135
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Telerehabilitation has been proposed as an effective strategy to deliver post-stroke specific exercise. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness and feasibility of core stability exercises guided by a telerehabilitation App after hospital discharge. METHODS:Extension of a prospective controlled trial. Subacute stage stroke survivors were included at the time of hospital discharge where they had participated in a previous 5-week randomized controlled trial comparing conventional physiotherapy versus core stability exercises. After discharge, patients from the experimental group were offered access to telerehabilitation to perform core stability exercises at home (AppG), while those from the control group were subject to usual care (CG). The Spanish-version of the Trunk Impairment Scale 2.0 (S-TIS 2.0), Function in Sitting Test (S-FIST), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Spanish-version of Postural Assessment for Stroke Patients (S-PASS), the number of falls, Brunel Balance Assessment (BBA) and Gait were assessed before and after 3 months intervention. RESULTS:A total of 49 subjects were recruited. AppG showed greater improvement in balance in both sitting and standing position and gait compared with CG, although no statistically significant differences were obtained. CONCLUSION:Core stability exercises Telerehabilitation as a home-based guide appears to improve balance in post-stroke stage. Future studies are necessary to confirm the effects as well as identifying strategies to increase telerehabilitation adherence.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
Keywords
Telerehabilitació
Exercicis
Estabilitat del nucli
Equilibri
Ictus
Funció del tronc
Telerehabilitación
Ejercicios
Estabilidad central
Equilibrio
Accidente cerebrovascular
Función del tronco
Telerehabilitation
Exercises
Core stability
Balance
Stroke
Trunk function
Pages
8
Publisher
IOS Press
Collection
51;1
Is part of
NeuroRehabilitation
Citation
Salgueiro, Carina; Urrútia, Gerard; Cabanas-Valdés, Rosa. Telerehabilitation for balance rehabilitation in the subacute stage of stroke: a pilot controlled trial. NeuroRehabilitation, 2022, 51(1), p. 91-99. Disponible en: <https://content.iospress.com/articles/neurorehabilitation/nre210332>. Fecha de acceso: 26 ene. 2024. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-210332
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