ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2018
Comparison Between Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation to Abdominal and Back Muscles on Postural Balance in Post-stroke Hemiplegic Patients.
Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Randomized Controlled Trial
Combined Effects of Motor Imagery and Core Stability Exercises on Trunk Control, Balance and Quality of Sleep in Stroke Patients
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 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
- The Effect of Lumbar Multifidus and Transversus Abdominis Muscle Activation on Balance in Patients with Hemiplegia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on diastasis recti abdominis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- 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
- The Mediating Effect of Age, Gender, and Post-Stroke Duration on the Association between Trunk and Upper Limb Recovery in Subacute Stroke Population: A Cross-Sectional Study with Mediation Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Safety and Efficacy of Transform for Noninvasive Lipolysis and Circumference Reduction of the Abdomen.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Effect of interferential current on deep abdominal muscle thickness.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
- Acute and chronic neuromuscular electrical stimulation and postural balance: a review.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to abdominal muscles and back muscles on postural balance in post-stroke hemiplegic patients.
methodsThirty post-stroke hemiplegic patients were prospectively enrolled and randomly assigned to one of the three groups: core muscle-strengthening exercise (CME) with NMES to abdominal muscles (group A), CME with NMES to back muscles (group B), and CME alone (group C). All subjects underwent their targeted interventions for 30 minutes each day, 5 days per week for 3 weeks under a conventional stroke rehabilitation program. Subjects were evaluated using Korean version of Berg Balance Scale (K-BBS), Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS), Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI), Weight Distribution Index (WDI), and Stability Index (SI) just before and 3 weeks after intervention.
resultsChanges in K-BBS (p<0.05) and TIS (p<0.05) were significantly higher in group A (18.5±8.10, 6.6±1.90) and group B (19.9±5.44, 7.0±2.26) than in group C (8.4±4.14, 3.1±0.99). However, K-MBI, WDI, and SI failed to show any significant difference. No significant difference in all outcomes was observed between groups A and B.
conclusionThe effect of NMES to the abdominal muscles was similar to the effect on back muscles in terms of postural balance. This finding indicated that the NMES to the abdominal muscles may be an alternative for post-stroke hemiplegic patients contraindicated for NMES to the back muscles. Additional studies investigating the effects of NMES on abdominal and back muscles are needed.
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