Effect of reactive balance training on physical fitness poststroke: study protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Regular exercise is essential in the chronic phase of stroke recovery for improving or maintaining function, and reducing the risk of a second stroke. To achieve these goals, multiple components of fitness should be targeted with poststroke exercise, including aerobic capacity, strength and balance. However, following the recommended frequency and duration of each component separately can take a long time and lead to fatigue in people with stroke. Therefore, finding types of exercise that target multiple components of fitness all together is valuable.Reactive balance training (RBT) is a novel type of exercise where individuals repeatedly lose their balance in order to practise balance reactions. When people do RBT, they increase their heart rate and exert forces with t

SUBMITTER: Barzideh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328813 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature