Multi-Exergames to Set Targets and Supplement the Intensified Conventional Balance Training in Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT: People who survive a stroke usually suffer movement disorders resulting in involuntary abnormal movements. Intensive and repetitive physiotherapy is often a key to functional restoration of movements. Rehabilitation centers have recently offered balance training supported by exergames in addition to conventional therapy. The primary objective was to investigate different types of balance training (multi-exergaming and conventional) in addition to a conventional 6-week physiotherapy program. Furthermore, we examined the choice of an appropriate exergame to target balance training. We designed a randomized pilot trial. Hospital inpatients with stroke aged 33-65 were recruited and randomized into 2 groups by drawing lots; a control group receiving 1 week of conventional balance training and a

SUBMITTER: Cikajlo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7142230 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature