Effects of seven rehabilitation exercises on balance and walking function in stroke patients:a network Meta-analysis
BAI Yunfei
GU Zejuan
YANG Lei
WANG Xuemei
MA Beibei
Abstract：Objective:To evaluate the effects of seven rehabilitation exercises on balance and walking function in stroke patients.Methods:Randomized controlled trials about the effects of rehabilitation exercises on balance and walking function in stroke patients were retrieved in databases including PubMed,Web of Science,EMbase,the Cochrane Library,CNKI,Wanfang,VIP and SinoMed from inception to March 28,2023.Two researchers independently perform literature screening,content extraction and quality evaluation.Stata 17.0 was used to conduct a network meta-analysis.Results:A total of 16 articles were included,with 1 006 patients,involving 7 rehabilitation exercises.The results of the network meta-analysis showed that core stability training,resistance training,motor imagination therapy,mirror therapy,aquatic therapeutic exercise,and virtual reality could improve balance function compared with conventional rehabilitation exercise in stroke patients(P<0.05).Core stability training,resistance training,motor imagination therapy,mirror therapy,and virtual reality could improve walking function in stroke patients(P<0.05).Core stability training ranked first in SUCRA.Conclusions:A variety of rehabilitation exercises can improve balance and walking function in stroke patients,and core stability training has the best effect.
Keywords：strokerehabilitation exercisebalancegaitnetwork Meta-analysisevidence-based nursing
Publication Date：2024-05-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 1734-1740 )