Obstacle avoidance training for individuals with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To accumulate evidence that obstacle avoidance training alone is effective in improving the locomotor ability of individuals with stroke.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, ICTRP and PEDro were searched for related information until December 2018. Two independent reviewers extracted data. Outcome measurement data were subjected to meta-analyses using random-effects models. Data syntheses were conducted using RevMan V.5.3, and the certainty of evidence was determined using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach.

Participants

Participants with various types and phases of stroke were included.

Intervention

The usual gait training including obstacle avoidance train

SUBMITTER: Muroi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature