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Immediate effects of rest periods on balance control in patients after stroke -- a randomized controlled pilot trial
Elsner B, Schweder S, Mehrholz J
BMC Research Notes 2018 May 24;11(338):Epub
clinical trial
8/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: Yes; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

OBJECTIVES: This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effects of two different rest periods between as set of balance exercises after stroke during inpatient rehabilitation. RESULTS: Twenty patients after stroke (11 males; mean (SD) age 65.4 (11.5) years; duration of illness 5.3 (3.4) weeks; 16 (80%) left-sided strokes) were randomly allocated into two groups of either a full rest (FR) of 4 min (n = 10) or a short rest (SR) of 1 min between exercise sets (n = 10). Patients improved from baseline until immediately after exercises in one-leg standing time on the affected leg (SR: mean difference 5.1 s (SD 10.3) and FR: 2.0 s (2.4)) and tandem standing time (TST). (SR: 14.9 s (SD 24.6) and FR: 5.7 s (12.0)), but OLST and TST did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.35 and p = 0.52, respectively). Trial registration The study was registered retrospectively in the German Register of Clinical Trials with the ID DRKS00013979.

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