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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Impact of Somatosensory Training on Neural and Functional Recovery of Lower Extremity in Patients with Chronic Stroke: A Single Blind Controlled Randomized Trial.

Reem M Alwhaibi, Noha F Mahmoud, Mye A Basheer, Hoda M Zakaria, Mahmoud Y Elzanaty, Walaa M Ragab, Nisreen N Al Awaji, Hager R Elserougy

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Reem M AlwhaibiRehabilitation Sciences Department, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences College, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5950-0497
Noha F MahmoudRehabilitation Sciences Department, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences College, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0608-6661
Mye A BasheerDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt.
Hoda M ZakariaDepartment of Neuromuscular Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt.
Mahmoud Y ElzanatyDepartment of Neuromuscular Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8719-5709
Walaa M RagabDepartment of Neuromuscular Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo 12613, Egypt.
Nisreen N Al AwajiHealth Communication Sciences Department, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences College, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia.
Hager R ElserougyDepartment of Neuromuscular Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza 77, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0237-0374
Cairo University · EGPrincess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University · SAMisr University for Science and Technology · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recovery of lower extremity (LE) function in chronic stroke patients is considered a barrier to community reintegration. An adequate training program is required to improve neural and functional performance of the affected LE in chronic stroke patients. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of somatosensory rehabilitation on neural and functional recovery of LE in stroke patients. Thirty male and female patients were recruited and randomized to equal groups: control group (GI) and intervention group (GII). All patients were matched for age, duration of stroke, and degree of motor impairment of the affected LE. Both groups received standard program of physical therapy in addition to somatosensory rehabilitation for GII. The duration of treatment for both groups was eight consecutive weeks. Outcome measures used were Functional Independent Measure (FIM) and Quantitative Electroencephalography (QEEG), obtained pre- and post-treatment. A significant improvement was found in the FIM scores of the intervention group (GII), as compared to the control group (GI) (

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StrokeStroke RehabilitationFemaleHumansLower ExtremityMaleRecovery of FunctionSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeUpper Extremityfunctional independence measurelower extremityquantitative electroencephalographysomatosensory trainingstroke

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PMID33445588
PMCPMC7826555
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