ArticleBrain & NeuroRehabilitation2024
The Safety and Efficacy of Balance Training on Stroke Patients With Reduced Balance Ability: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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- Whole-body vibration-based interventions and dynamic balance in older patients with stroke: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Therapy on Static Postural Control and Dynamic Balance in Stroke Patients: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Optimal exercise modalities for post-intervention motor function changes in stroke survivors: a pairwise and network meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of exercise intervention on physical mobility in stroke patients: a scoping review and research progress.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Skating Exercises as High-Intensity Interval Training on Elderly Stroke Patients.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
To investigate the safety and efficacy of balance training for stroke patients with reduced balance ability by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were searched up to February 2022. Quality assessment was performed using the using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Studies were included if: 1) patient allocation was randomized; 2) the participant was composed of stroke patients with reduced balance ability (Berg Balance Scale [BBS] ≤ 40, Timed-Up and Go ≥ 14 seconds, or Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test ≤ 17.5); and 3) intervention was additional balance training for the experimental group. Six studies including 466 patients were included in the final analysis. The meta-analysis showed a significant improvement in the BBS (mean difference [MD], 8.14; 95% confidence interval [CI], 4.65, 11.64) and Trunk Impairment Scale (MD, 4.71; 95% CI, 3.45, 5.96) after balance training relative to the comparison group. Ambulation function was significantly improved (standardized MD, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.46, 1.49) after balance training. There was one report of a femur fracture among 230 participants in the balance training group. Balance training in addition to conventional rehabilitation program in stroke patients with reduced balance ability appears to be effective and safe.
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