Deans' stroke musings: Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?

You really think there is any doctor in the world that will prescribe boxing for stroke rehab? Where the whole point of boxing is to damage the brain so you no longer can stand or lift your arms to fight?

Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 28(2) , Pgs. 112-126.

NARIC Accession Number: J86304. What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Ersoy, Ceren ; Iyigun, Gozde.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 15.

Abstract:

Study compared the effects of virtual and real boxing training in addition to neurodevelopmental treatment on the upper-extremity, balance, and cognitive functions in hemiparetic stroke patients. Forty hemiparetic stroke patients were assigned to either real boxing group (RBG) or virtual boxing group (VBG), for a total of 24 sessions (3 sessions times a week for 8 weeks). The primary outcome was upper-extremity motor ability as measured by the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT). The secondary outcomes were arm-hand dexterity assessed with the Manual Dexterity Test (MMDT), goal-oriented performance assessed with the Video Boxing Analysis (VBA), balance functions assessed with the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale, and cognitive functions assessed using Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R). Results showed a small treatment effect for ACE-R, small-medium effect for WFMT and MMDT, and large effect for bilateral punching time (VBA) after treatment in both groups. No significant differences were found for training effects between the groups for upper-extremity, balance functions, and cognitive functions. Findings suggest that virtual and real boxing training methods, in addition to neurodevelopmental treatment, are effective in improving upper-extremity, balance, and cognitive functions in patients with hemiparetic stroke. The training effects were higher on bilateral punching time and balance functions for both groups. There was no superiority of either approach.
Descriptor Terms: COGNITION, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DEXTERITY, EQUILIBRIUM, HEMIPLEGIA, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, POSTURE, SPORTS, STROKE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING.

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Citation: Ersoy, Ceren , Iyigun, Gozde. (2021). Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 28(2), Pgs. 112-126. Retrieved 6/22/2021, from REHABDATA database.