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Article

Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

by
Carina Salgueiro
1,*,
Gerard Urrútia
2 and
Rosa Cabanas-Valdés
1
1
Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Campus Sant Cugat, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, 08195 Barcelona, Spain
2
Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 08025 Barcelona, Spain
*
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(9), 5689; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095689
Submission received: 9 April 2022 / Revised: 2 May 2022 / Accepted: 5 May 2022 / Published: 7 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Mobility Technologies to Promote Rehabilitation and Community Participation)
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Abstract

Stroke is one of the main causes of disability. Telerehabilitation could face the growing demand and a good strategy for post-stroke rehabilitation. The aim of this study is to examine the possible effects of therapeutic exercises performed by an App on trunk control, balance, and gait in stroke survivors. A preliminary 12-week randomized controlled trial was developed. Thirty chronic stroke survivors were randomly allocated into two groups. Both groups performed conventional physiotherapy, in addition to, the experimental group (EG) had access to a telerehabilitation App to guide home-based core-stability exercises (CSE). Trunk performance was measured with the Spanish-Trunk Impairment Scale (S-TIS 2.0) and Spanish-Function in Sitting Test. Balance and gait were measured with Spanish-Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke patient, Berg Balance Scale and an accelerometer system. In EG was observed an improvement of 2.76 points in S-TIS 2.0 (p = 0.001). Small differences were observed in balance and gait. Adherence to the use of the App was low. CSE guided by a telerehabilitation App, combined with conventional physiotherapy, seem to improve trunk function and sitting balance in chronic post-stroke. Active participation in the rehabilitation process should be increased among stroke survivors. Further confirmatory studies are necessary with a large sample size.
Keywords: core-stability exercise; trunk; balance; gait; stroke; telerehabilitation core-stability exercise; trunk; balance; gait; stroke; telerehabilitation

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Salgueiro, C.; Urrútia, G.; Cabanas-Valdés, R. Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095689

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Salgueiro C, Urrútia G, Cabanas-Valdés R. Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(9):5689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095689

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Salgueiro, Carina, Gerard Urrútia, and Rosa Cabanas-Valdés. 2022. "Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 9: 5689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095689

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Salgueiro, C., Urrútia, G., & Cabanas-Valdés, R. (2022). Influence of Core-Stability Exercises Guided by a Telerehabilitation App on Trunk Performance, Balance and Gait Performance in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5689. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095689

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