ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2016
The Additive Effects of Core Muscle Strengthening and Trunk NMES on Trunk Balance in Stroke Patients.
Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04506099 (Transcutaneous Intercostal Nerve Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation-based combination interventions for post-stroke lower limb rehabilitation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of protein, muscle rehabilitation and trunk neuromuscular electrostimulation in patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective, randomized controlled pilot study.Annals of medicine · 2026Trial
- Technology-supported sitting balance therapy versus usual care in the chronic stage after stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- The Effect of Lumbar Multifidus and Transversus Abdominis Muscle Activation on Balance in Patients with Hemiplegia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Quadrupedal training approaches in post-stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review of evidence, mechanisms, and clinical applications.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2026Review
- Evaluating core stability training-based combination therapies for lower extremity dysfunction post-stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Trunk training following stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Effects of Task-related Trunk Training with Sensory Electrical Stimulation on Sitting Balance in Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- Comparison Between Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Abdominal and Back Muscles on Postural Balance in Post-stroke Hemiplegic Patients.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2018Article
- Effects of sling exercise on postural sway in post-stroke patients.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
- Effect of core strengthening with pelvic proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on trunk, balance, gait, and function in chronic stroke.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2017Article
- Effects of rehabilitation training of core muscle stability on stroke patients with hemiplegia.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate an additive effect of core muscle strengthening (CMS) and trunk neuromuscular electrical stimulation (tNEMS) on trunk balance in stroke patients.
methodsThirty patients with acute or subacute stroke who were unable to maintain static sitting balance for >5 minutes were enrolled and randomly assigned to 3 groups, i.e., patients in the CMS (n=10) group received additional CMS program; the tNMES group (n=10) received additional tNMES over the posterior back muscles; and the combination (CMS and tNMES) group (n=10) received both treatments. Each additional treatment was performed 3 times per week for 20 minutes per day over 3 weeks. Korean version of Berg Balance Scale (K-BBS), total score of postural assessment scale for stroke patients (PASS), Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS), and Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI) were evaluated before and after 3 weeks of therapeutic intervention.
resultsAll 3 groups showed improvements in K-BBS, PASS, TIS, and K-MBI after therapeutic interventions, with some differences. The combination group showed more improvements in K-BBS and the dynamic sitting balance of TIS, as compared to the CMS group; and more improvement in K-BBS, as compared to the tNMES group.
conclusionThe results indicated an additive effect of CMS and tNMES on the recovery of trunk balance in patients with acute or subacute stroke who have poor sitting balance. Simultaneous application of CMS and tNMES should be considered when designing a rehabilitation program to improve trunk balance in stroke patients.
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