Effect of aquatic versus land motor dual task training on balance and gait of patients with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial

So write a protocol on this and get it distributed to all stroke doctors and hospitals. OR, you could distribute it to all 10 million yearly stroke survivors  every year. Your choice. You are not done just by writing this article.  The therapeutic pool at my hospital was closed years before due to cost. If I could have gotten to the 'Y' pool on a regular basis I could have recovered much better.

Effect of aquatic versus land motor dual task training on balance and gait of patients with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial

NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 44(485-492) , Pgs. 8.

NARIC Accession Number: J81709.  What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Saleh, Marwa S. M.; Rehab, Nagwa I.; Aly, Sobhy M. A..
Publication Year: 2019.

Abstract: 

Study compared the effect of aquatic versus land motor dual-task training on balance and gait of patients with chronic stroke. Fifty patients with chronic stroke were randomly assigned to aquatic or land group. Both groups received the same motor dual-task training either in water or on land for 45 minutes, 3 days a week for six weeks. Measurement of the dynamic balance indices assessed using Biodex Balance System as well as kinematic gait parameters using Biodex Gait Trainer was performed before and after the intervention. There was a significant improvement in all outcome variables following treatment compared with that pre-treatment in both groups. There was a significant improvement in patients who received the motor dual-task training in water compared with patients treated on the land in overall stability index, anteroposterior stability index, mediolateral stability index, walking speed, step length of affected limb, step length of non-affected limb, and time of support on the affected limb. Findings suggest aquatic motor dual-task training is more effective in improving balance and gait abilities of patients with chronic stroke than land motor dual-task training.
Descriptor Terms: AMBULATION, COGNITION, EQUILIBRIUM, EXERCISE, MOTOR SKILLS, POSTURE, STROKE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING.


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Citation: Saleh, Marwa S. M., Rehab, Nagwa I., Aly, Sobhy M. A.. (2019). Effect of aquatic versus land motor dual task training on balance and gait of patients with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled trial.  NeuroRehabilitation , 44(485-492), Pgs. 8. Retrieved 10/22/2019, from REHABDATA database.