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. 2017 May;29(5):839-844.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.29.839. Epub 2017 May 16.

Effects of phase proprioceptive training on balance in patients with chronic stroke

Seung Hun Chae  1 , You Lim Kim  1 , Suk Min Lee  1
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Effects of phase proprioceptive training on balance in patients with chronic stroke

Seung Hun Chae et al. J Phys Ther Sci. 2017 May.

Abstract

[Purpose] This study aimed to investigate the effect of phase proprioceptive training on balance in patients with chronic stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Participants included 30 patients with stroke who were randomly assigned to the proprioceptive training group (n=15) or control group (n=15). Participants in the proprioceptive training group underwent proprioceptive training and received general physical therapy each for a total of 20 thirty-minute sessions, five times per week, during a period of four weeks; the control group received general physical therapy for a total of 20 sixty-minute sessions, five times per week, during a period of four weeks. [Results] All participants were evaluated with the Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, and Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale instrument before and after intervention. After training, the differences in BBS, TUG, and ABC scores in the proprioceptive group were significantly greater than those in the control group. [Conclusion] In conclusion, proprioceptive training was effective on balance ability. Therefore, proprioceptive training may be efficient when combining general physical therapy with phase proprioceptive training for patients with impairments of balance. Further research is needed to investigate proprioceptive training methods.

Keywords: Balance; Proprioception training; Stroke.

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