PubMed:27351560
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{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PubMed/sourceid/27351560","sourcedb":"PubMed","sourceid":"27351560","text":"Effect of Underwater Exercise on Lower-Extremity Function and Quality of Life in Post-Stroke Patients: A Pilot Controlled Clinical Trial.\nOBJECTIVES: To date, controlled clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of underwater exercise in improving the lower-extremity function and quality of life (QOL) in post-stroke patients have yet to be conducted. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether repeated underwater exercise enhances the therapeutic effect of conventional therapy for post-stroke patients.\nDESIGN: This was a pilot controlled clinical trial.\nSETTING: The study took place in a research facility attached to a rehabilitation hospital.\nPATIENTS: This prospective trial included 120 consecutive post-stroke inpatients with hemiplegic lower limbs (Brunnstrom stage 3-6). Patients were assigned to either an experimental or a control group. Patients in the experimental group received both repeated underwater exercise and conventional rehabilitation therapy.\nINTERVENTIONS: The underwater exercise consisted of 30-min training sessions in a pool with a water temperature of 30-31°C in which patients followed the directions and movements of trained staff. Training sessions were conducted once a day on 2 days of the week for a total of 24 times. Patients in the control group received only the conventional therapy.\nOUTCOME MEASURES: The 10-Minute Walk Test (10MWT), the Modified Ashworth Scale, and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey were the outcome measures used. Lower-extremity function and QOL were assessed before and upon completion of the 12-week program.\nRESULTS: Improvements in 10MWT results and spasticity parameters were greater in the experimental group than they were in the control group (p \u003c 0.01). Significant differences between the groups were observed in magnitudes of changes of all QOL parameters (p \u003c 0.01).\nCONCLUSIONS: Combining conventional therapy with repeated underwater exercise may improve both lower-extremity function and QOL in post-stroke patients.","tracks":[{"project":"luoyt2021_800_3","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":86,"end":92},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":1998,"end":2004},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":727,"end":733},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T4","span":{"begin":503,"end":509},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T5","span":{"begin":309,"end":315},"obj":"DP"}],"attributes":[{"subj":"T1","pred":"source","obj":"luoyt2021_800_3"},{"subj":"T2","pred":"source","obj":"luoyt2021_800_3"},{"subj":"T3","pred":"source","obj":"luoyt2021_800_3"},{"subj":"T4","pred":"source","obj":"luoyt2021_800_3"},{"subj":"T5","pred":"source","obj":"luoyt2021_800_3"}]},{"project":"Linmchun_800_3","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":86,"end":92},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":309,"end":315},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":503,"end":509},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T4","span":{"begin":727,"end":733},"obj":"DP"},{"id":"T5","span":{"begin":1998,"end":2004},"obj":"DP"}],"attributes":[{"subj":"T1","pred":"source","obj":"Linmchun_800_3"},{"subj":"T2","pred":"source","obj":"Linmchun_800_3"},{"subj":"T3","pred":"source","obj":"Linmchun_800_3"},{"subj":"T4","pred":"source","obj":"Linmchun_800_3"},{"subj":"T5","pred":"source","obj":"Linmchun_800_3"}]}],"config":{"attribute types":[{"pred":"source","value type":"selection","values":[{"id":"luoyt2021_800_3","color":"#93eccf","default":true},{"id":"Linmchun_800_3","color":"#ecb593"}]}]}}