The Effects of Core Stability Training in Chronic Stroke Patients

Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: Conventional therapy; Other: Core stability training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05114044

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess effects of core stability training on functional ability, balance, gait, motor functions, quality of lite and core muscle thickness of chronic stroke patients.

Full description

After being informed about the study all the patients giving written informed consent were assessed. At the beginning the eligible patients were randomized into two groups: core stability and conventional therapy group. The therapy programs were performed 5 times a week for 45 min over a period of 3 weeks. Patients were assessed twice: before and after treatment.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First onset
• Stroke duration from 6 months to 2 years
• With ability to cooperate
• Independent ambulation or ambulation with assistive device

Exclusion criteria

• Uncooperative
• Neglect syndrome
• Surgical history of abdominal and hip region
• Drugs that affect neuromuscular control
• Other neurological disorders
• Serious diseases, unstable medical condition
• BMI ≥ 35

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Core stability group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients were performed therapy 5 times a week for 45 min over a period of 3 weeks. The therapy session takes 45 min; 15 min of the session was core stability training, remaining 30 min were conventional therapy.

Treatment:

Other: Core stability training

Conventional therapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients were performed therapy 5 times a week for 45 min over a period of 3 weeks. The therapy session takes 45 min of conventional therapy.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional therapy