Does training sitting balance on a platform tilted 10 degrees to the weak side improve trunk control in the acute phase after stroke? A randomized, controlled trial

This would seem to be incredibly easy to implement, and almost no cost to the hospital. But I bet your hospital won't have this for 50 years. 
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Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 23(1) , Pgs. 43-49.

NARIC Accession Number: J77343.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Fujino, Yuji; Amimoto, Kazu; Fukata, Kazuhiro; Ishihara, Shunichi; Makita, Shigeru; Takahashi, Hidetoshi.
Publication Year: 2016.
Number of Pages: 7.
Abstract: Study investigated the effects of lateral sitting training on a tilting platform in individuals with stroke. An assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled trial was carried out involving inpatients at a stroke rehabilitation center. Thirty patients were allocated to either an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group sat without leg support on a platform tilted 10 degrees to the paretic side in the frontal plane, while the controls sat on a horizontal platform. Both groups were asked to move their trunk laterally from the paretic side to the non-paretic side. In addition to conventional therapy, this training was performed 60 times per session, with 6 sessions per week. Trunk function was assessed using the Trunk Control Test (TCT), and the ability to move the trunk laterally was evaluated kinematically. Measurements were performed at baseline and after training. Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance was used to test the significance between and within treatments for each dependent variable. None of the demographic data differed between the groups. After training, a significant improvement was noted in the experimental group compared to the controls in the TCT and the ability for lateral trunk transference. Results suggest that lateral sitting training on the tilting platform improved the impaired trunk function of people with stroke.
Descriptor Terms: BODY MOVEMENT, EQUILIBRIUM, EXERCISE, MOBILITY TRAINING, POSTURE, REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY, SEATING, STROKE.


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Citation: Fujino, Yuji, Amimoto, Kazu, Fukata, Kazuhiro, Ishihara, Shunichi, Makita, Shigeru, Takahashi, Hidetoshi. (2016). Does training sitting balance on a platform tilted 10 degrees to the weak side improve trunk control in the acute phase after stroke? A randomized, controlled trial.  Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 23(1), Pgs. 43-49. Retrieved 1/14/2018, from REHABDATA database.