Trial reportScientific reports2020
The effects of Ai Chi for balance in individuals with chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Network Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise on Stroke Patients.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The immediate and lasting balance outcomes of clinical falls-prevention programs: A non-randomised study.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Effects of Aquatic Therapy on Balance and Gait in Chronic Stroke: A Systematic Review with Exploratory Meta-Analysis.Neurology international · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Aquatic Therapy in Improving Balance in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Review
- Relationship of lower-limb muscle properties with motor control, walking and balance in stroke survivors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Advances in balance training to prevent falls in stroke patients: a scoping review.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- A rehabilitative approach beyond the acute stroke event: a scoping review about functional recovery perspectives in the chronic hemiplegic patient.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Effects of dry needling intervention on lower limb dysfunction after stroke: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Effects of Ai-Chi Practice on Balance and Left Cerebellar Activation during High Working Memory Load Task in Older People: A Controlled Pilot Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Quality of life of stroke survivors in Nigeria (Low-income country). Can outcome be predicted?Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study investigated the effectiveness of Ai Chi compared to conventional water-based exercise on balance performance in individuals with chronic stroke. A total of 20 individuals with chronic stroke were randomly allocated to receive either Ai Chi or conventional water-based exercise for 60 min/time, 3 times/week, and a total of 6 weeks. Balance performance assessed by limit of stability (LOS) test and Berg balance scale (BBS). Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA) and gait performance were documented for lower extremity movement control and walking ability, respectively. Excursion and movement velocity in LOS test was significantly increased in anteroposterior axis after receiving Ai Chi (p = 0.005 for excursion, p = 0.013 for velocity) but not conventional water-based exercise. In particular, the improvement of endpoint excursion in the Ai Chi group has significant inter-group difference (p = 0.001). Both groups showed significant improvement in BBS and FMA yet the Ai Chi group demonstrated significantly better results than control group (p = 0.025). Ai Chi is feasible for balance training in stroke, and is able to improve weight shifting in anteroposterior axis, functional balance, and lower extremity control as compared to conventional water-based exercise.
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