Nonsignificant summary effect sizes in favor of task-oriented circuit class training were found for the step test and balance control .
This meta- analysis supports the use of task-oriented circuit class training to improve gait and gait-related activities in patients with chronic stroke .
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is increasing interest in the potential benefits of circuit class training after stroke , but its effectiveness is uncertain .
Our aim was to systematic ally review r and omized , controlled trials of task-oriented circuit class training on gait and gait-related activities in patients with stroke .
Gait recovery after hemiplegic stroke.
We prospect ively evaluated gait recovery in 197 elderly subjects after hemiplegic stroke by measuring  serial walking speed .  Fifty-seven per cent of subjects ( 113/197 ) could not walk without human assistance on day 7 post-stroke . About 40 % of this group achieved gait independence at months 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 post-stroke . In contrast , about 95 % of those walking on day 7 maintained gait independence 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 months post-stroke . Using multiple logistic regression , the best predictors of independent ambulation among the 113 subjects not walking on day 7 were age , line bisection error , and leg power
Nonsignificant summary effect sizes in favor of task-oriented circuit class training were found for the step test and balance control .
This meta- analysis supports the use of task-oriented circuit class training to improve gait and gait-related activities in patients with chronic stroke .
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is increasing interest in the potential benefits of circuit class training after stroke , but its effectiveness is uncertain .
Our aim was to systematic ally review r and omized , controlled trials of task-oriented circuit class training on gait and gait-related activities in patients with stroke .