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ReviewBrain sciences2021

Effects of Aquatic Exercise and Land-Based Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Motor Function, Balance, and Functional Independence in Stroke Patients-A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Daxin Li, Ping Chen

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Review in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Daxin LiDepartment of Physical Education, Laoshan Campus, Ocean University of China, 238 Song Ling Rd, Qingdao 266100, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6054-3627
Ping ChenDepartment of Physical Education, Laoshan Campus, Ocean University of China, 238 Song Ling Rd, Qingdao 266100, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of aquatic exercise (AE) and land-based exercise (LE) on cardiorespiratory fitness, motor function, balance, and functional independence in stroke patients.

designThrough searching PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP and Wanfang Database, only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were collected to study the effects of AE and LE on cardiorespiratory fitness, motor function, balance, and functional independence in patients with stroke. The included studies were evaluated for methodological quality by the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool, and statistical analysis was carried out by the Review Manage 5.3 and Stata 15.1 software.

resultsThe RCTs were collected between the earliest available date and April 2021. Eleven RCTs were included, including five studies with low risk and six studies with moderate risk. The total sample size used in the study was 369, which included 187 patients undertaking AE and 182 patients undertaking LE. The results of the meta-analysis showed that AE can significantly improve patients' Berg Balance Scale (BBS) (MD = 5.19, 95% CI: 2.66 to 7.71,

conclusionBased on the improvement in the Berg Balance Scale, peak oxygen uptake, Fugl-Meyer Assessment, and Functional Independence Measure, we can state that aquatic exercise offers better advantages than land-based exercise for patients' balance, motor function, cardiorespiratory fitness, and functional independence.

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aquatic exerciseland-based exercisemeta-analysisstroke

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PMID34439716
PMCPMC8394174

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