ArticleMedicine2021
The efficacy of aquatic therapy in stroke rehabilitation: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Researchers' Mental Health and Quality of Life: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Article
- 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
- Development of an interpretable machine-learning model to predict insufficient functional improvement after aquatic therapy in stroke.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have reported the clinical effect of aquatic therapy in stroke rehabilitation. Therefore, we performed a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of aquatic therapy for individuals affected by strokes.
methodsThis protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis has been drafted under the guidance of the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses protocols. This study will use the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED), China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang Database, and Ongoing Clinical Trials Database. Quality assessment of the included studies was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. We performed the meta-analysis by RevMan 5.4 software.
resultsThe results of this systematic review and meta-analysis will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
conclusionAquatic therapy may be a valid means for the rehabilitation of people affected by stroke.Open Science Framework registration number: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ZKE3Y10.17605/OSF.IO/8UDV9.
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