Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2021
Technology-supported sitting balance therapy versus usual care in the chronic stage after stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04467554 (Monocenter Interventional Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Monocenter Interventional Study: Providing Sitting Balance Training With a Newly Developed Rehabilitation Device in the Chronic Stage After Stroke A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Therapeutic Intervention for Trunk Control Impairments in Central Nervous System Disorders: A Comprehensive Review of Methods and Efficacy.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025Review
- Therapists and patients perceptions of a mixed reality system designed to improve trunk control and upper extremity function.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Effect on Muscle Activity of Reaching Beyond Arm's Length on a Mobile Seat: A Pilot Study for Trunk Control Training for People After Stroke.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Trunk training following stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
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- Core muscle rehabilitation during early mobilization after stroke: a narrative review and clinical framework.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundTechnology development for sitting balance therapy and trunk rehabilitation is scarce. Hence, intensive one-to-one therapist-patient training is still required. We have developed a novel rehabilitation prototype, specifically aimed at providing sitting balance therapy. We investigated whether technology-supported sitting balance training was feasible and safe in chronic stroke patients and we determined whether clinical outcomes improved after a four-week programme, compared with usual care.
methodsIn this parallel-group, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled pilot trial, we divided first-event chronic stroke participants into two groups. The experimental group received usual care plus additional therapy supported by rehabilitation technology, consisting of 12 sessions of 50 min of therapy over four weeks. The control group received usual care only. We assessed all participants twice pre-intervention and once post-intervention. Feasibility and safety were descriptively analysed. Between-group analysis evaluated the pre-to-post differences in changes in motor and functional outcomes.
resultsIn total, 30 participants were recruited and 29 completed the trial (experimental group: n = 14; control group: n = 15). There were no between-group differences at baseline. Therapy was evaluated as feasible by participants and therapist. There were no serious adverse events during sitting balance therapy. Changes in clinical outcomes from pre- to post-intervention demonstrated increases in the experimental than in the control group for: sitting balance and trunk function, evaluated by the Trunk Impairment Scale (mean points score (SD) 7.07 (1.69) versus 0.33 (2.35); p < 0.000); maximum gait speed, assessed with the 10 Metre Walk Test (mean gait speed 0.16 (0.16) m/s versus 0.06 (0.06) m/s; p = 0.003); and functional balance, measured using the Berg balance scale (median points score (IQR) 4.5 (5) versus 0 (4); p = 0.014).
conclusionsTechnology-supported sitting balance training in persons with chronic stroke is feasible and safe. A four-week, 12-session programme on top of usual care suggests beneficial effects for trunk function, maximum gait speed and functional balance.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04467554, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04467554 , date of Registration: 13 July 2020.
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