SynthesisPloS one2016
Effect of Sling Exercise Training on Balance in Patients with Stroke: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05955820 (Effect of a Selected Suspension System Exercise Program on Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of a Selected Suspension System Exercise Program on Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of suspension-supported training on dynamic balance capacity in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis enhanced by XGBoost machine learning.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Sling Exercise Training on Walking Ability and Balance Function in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing & health sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Physical fitness training for stroke patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Effects of Sling-Suspension-Based Active Shoulder Joint Exercise on Shoulder Joint Subluxation, Pain, Muscle Strength, and Upper Limb Function in Patients with Subacute Stroke.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- The Effects of Active Shoulder Exercise with a Sling Suspension System on Shoulder Subluxation, Proprioception, and Upper Extremity Function in Patients with Acute Stroke.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Trial
- Management of Post-stroke Shoulder Subluxation Using Sling Suspension-Based Active Shoulder Exercises: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Effect of Sling Suspension-Based Active Shoulder Joint Exercises on Shoulder Subluxation in Subacute Stroke Patients.Cureus · 2026Article
- Regular sling core stabilization training improves bone density based on calcium and vitamin D supplementation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Exercise for Stroke Rehabilitation: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research From 2001 to 2021.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- The effects of sling exercise program on balance and body activities in children with spastic cerebral palsy.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Rehabilitation interventions for improving balance following stroke: An overview of systematic reviews.PloS one · 2019Review
- Effects of sling exercise on postural sway in post-stroke patients.Journal of physical therapy science · 2017Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the effect of sling exercise training (SET) on balance in patients with stroke.
methodsPubMed, Cochrane Library, Ovid LWW, CBM, CNKI, WanFang, and VIP databases were searched for randomized controlled trials of the effect of SET on balance in patients with stroke. The study design and participants were subjected to metrological analysis. Berg balance Scale (BBS), Barthel index score (BI), and Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) were used as independent parameters for evaluating balance function, activities of daily living(ADL) and motor function after stroke respectively, and were subjected to meta-analysis by RevMan5.3 software.
resultsNine studies with 460 participants were analyzed. Results of meta-analysis showed that the SET treatment combined with conventional rehabilitation was superior to conventional rehabilitation treatments, with increased degrees of BBS (WMD = 3.81, 95% CI [0.15, 7.48], P = 0.04), BI (WMD = 12.98, 95% CI [8.39, 17.56], P < 0.00001), and FMA (SMD = 0.76, 95% CI [0.41, 1.11], P < 0.0001).
conclusionBased on limited evidence from 9 trials, the SET treatment combined with conventional rehabilitation was superior to conventional rehabilitation treatments, with increased degrees of BBS, BI and FMA, So the SET treatment can improvement of balance function after stroke, but the interpretation of our findings is required to be made with caution due to limitations in included trials such as small sample sizes and the risk of bias. Therefore, more multi-center and large-sampled randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm its clinical applications.
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