Core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy improve stability and balance after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

You don't mention where you put the core stability protocols so survivors can find them, so useless. I see nothing on perturbations so I think you're missing the most important part of balance training. 

 Core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy improve stability and balance after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 102(4) , Pgs. 762-775.

NARIC Accession Number: J86149.  What's this?
ISSN: 0003-9993.
Author(s): Gamble, Kate ; Chiu, April ; Peiris, Casey.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 14.

Abstract: 

 Study reviewed the evidence on the effect of core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy on patient outcomes after stroke. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed, and EMBASE were searched to November 2018 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy with usual care physiotherapy alone in people with stroke. The initial search yielded 1,876 studies; 11 RCTs were included in the systematic review. Two independent reviewers applied inclusion and exclusion criteria and extracted data on methodological quality using the PEDro scale, participant characteristics, intervention details, outcome measures, and results. There was moderate quality evidence to suggest the addition of core stability exercises to usual care physiotherapy improved trunk control, functional dynamic balance, and walking speed in people with acute and chronic stroke. No significant effect was found when assessing functional ambulation categories or the timed Up and Go test, and mixed results were found for global functioning. The findings suggest that the addition of core stability exercises to usual care physiotherapy after stroke may lead to improved trunk control and dynamic balance. Therefore, core stability exercises should be included in rehabilitation if improvements in these domains will help clients achieve their goals. Future trials should consider incorporating outcomes of body kinematics during functional tasks to assess movement quality and assess participation outcomes.
Descriptor Terms: EQUILIBRIUM, EXERCISE, LITERATURE REVIEWS, OUTCOMES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, POSTURE, STROKE.


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Citation: Gamble, Kate , Chiu, April , Peiris, Casey. (2021). Core stability exercises in addition to usual care physiotherapy improve stability and balance after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , 102(4), Pgs. 762-775. Retrieved 5/18/2021, from REHABDATA database.