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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Effect of Walking Backward on a Treadmill on Balance, Speed of Walking and Cardiopulmonary Fitness for Patients with Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Study.

Ken-Wei Chang, Chih-Ming Lin, Chen-Wen Yen, Chia-Chi Yang, Toshiaki Tanaka, Lan-Yuen Guo

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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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 19 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Current Trends in Balance Rehabilitation for Stroke Survivors: A Scoping Review of Experimental Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ken-Wei ChangDepartment of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Chih-Ming LinDepartment of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
Chen-Wen YenDepartment of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Chia-Chi YangThe Master Program of Long-Term Care in Aging, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0933-7067
Toshiaki TanakaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University of Science, Sapporo 006-8585, Japan.
Lan-Yuen GuoDepartment of Sports Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6256-355X
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWHokkaido University of Science · JPNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study determines the effect of walking backward on a treadmill on balance, speed of walking and cardiopulmonary fitness for patients with chronic stroke. Subjects with chronic stroke for more than six months, whose level of Brunnstrom stage is greater than IV and who are able to walk more than eleven meters with or without assistive devices were recruited. After grouping for a single-blind clinical randomized controlled trial, the subjects were divided into two groups: eight in the control group and eight in the experimental group. All subjects were subjected to 30 min traditional physical therapy, three times a week for four weeks. The experimental group was subjected to an additional 30 min of walking backward on a treadmill. The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) were used to determine the functional balance and walking ability. The walking speed was evaluated using a timed 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT), and the cardiopulmonary fitness was determined using a 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and a pulmonary function test (PFT). All assessments were made at baseline before training commenced (pre-training) and at the end of the four-week training period (post-training). A paired

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StrokeStroke RehabilitationExercise TherapyHumansPilot ProjectsPostural BalanceSingle-Blind MethodTime and Motion StudiesTreatment OutcomeWalkingBerg Balance Scale (BBS)cardiopulmonarychronic stroke

Identifiers

PMID33804374
PMCPMC7967772
OpenAlexW3134555754

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