@article{ref1,
title="Effects of balance control training on functional outcomes in subacute hemiparetic stroke patients",
journal="Annals of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2015",
author="Huh, Jin Seok and Lee, Yang-Soo and Kim, Chul-Hyun and Min, Yu-Sun and Kang, Min-Gu and Jung, Tae-Du",
volume="39",
number="6",
pages="995-1001",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of balance control training using a newly developed balance control trainer (BalPro) on the balance and gait of patients with subacute hemiparetic stroke. <br><br>METHODS: Forty-three subacute stroke patients were assigned to either a balance control training (BCT) group or a control group. The BCT group (n=23) was trained with BalPro for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 2 weeks, and received one daily session of conventional physical therapy. The control group (n=20) received two sessions of conventional physical therapy every day for 2 weeks. The primary outcome was assessment with the Berg Balance Scale (BBS). Secondary outcomes were Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), the 6-minute walking test (6mWT), Timed Up and Go (TUG), the Korean version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI), and the manual muscle test (MMT) of the knee extensor. All outcome measures were evaluated before and after 2 weeks of training in both groups. <br><br>RESULTS: There were statistically significant improvements in all parameters except MMT and FAC after 2 weeks of treatment in both groups. After training, the BCT group showed greater improvements in the BBS and the 6mWT than did the control group. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Balance control training using BalPro could be a useful treatment for improving balance and gait in subacute hemiparetic stroke patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2234-0645",
doi="10.5535/arm.2015.39.6.995",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5535/arm.2015.39.6.995"
}