Deans' stroke musings: Effects of a sitting boxing program on upper limb function, balance, gait, and quality of life in stroke patients

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Effects of a sitting boxing program on upper limb function, balance, gait, and quality of life in stroke patients

But are the results just because you are getting more attention and you want to please your therapists?
A prime example of

The Hawthorne effect?

http://search.naric.com/research/rehab/redesign_record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J76228&phrase=no&rec=133856&article_source=Rehab&international=0&international_language=&international_location=
NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 40(1) , Pgs. 77-86.

NARIC Accession Number: J76228. What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Park, Junhyuck; Gong, Jihwan; Yim, Jongeun.
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 10.
Abstract: Study examined the effects of a sitting boxing program on the changes in upper-limb function, balance, gait, and quality of life (QOL) in chronic stroke patients. Twenty-six participants were randomly allocated to a boxing group or control group. The boxing group underwent a sitting boxing program (3 times/week) as well as conventional physical therapy (3 times/week) for 6 weeks. The control group received only conventional physical therapy (3 times/week) for 6 weeks. Upper-limb function, balance, gait, and QOL were recorded before and after the experiment. Results showed that the Manual Functional Test, non-affected hand grip, Berg Balance Scale), velocity moment with eye opened, 10-Meter Walk Test, and Stroke-Specific Quality of Life questionnaire were significantly improved in the boxing group. These measures showed significantly greater improvements in the boxing group compared to the control group after 6 weeks. The sitting boxing program group had positive effects on upper-extremity function, balance, gait, and QOL in stroke patients.
Descriptor Terms: AMBULATION, EQUILIBRIUM, EXERCISE, FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS, LIMBS, QUALITY OF LIFE, SPORTS, STROKE.

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Citation: Park, Junhyuck, Gong, Jihwan, Yim, Jongeun. (2017). Effects of a sitting boxing program on upper limb function, balance, gait, and quality of life in stroke patients. NeuroRehabilitation , 40(1), Pgs. 77-86. Retrieved 7/14/2017, from REHABDATA database.