OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of hydrotherapy on walking ability and balance in @entity1 with @entity64 . DESIGN: Single-blind, randomized controlled pilot trial. SETTING: Outpatient rehabilitation clinic at a tertiary neurological hospital in China. SUBJECTS: A total of 28 @entity1 with impairments in walking and controlling balance more than six months post- @entity64 . INTERVENTION: After baseline evaluations, @entity1 were randomly assigned to a land-based therapy (control group, n   =   14) or hydrotherapy (study group, n   =   14). @entity1 underwent individual sessions for four weeks, five days a week, for 45   minutes per session. MAIN MEASURES: After four weeks of rehabilitation, all @entity1 were evaluated by a blinded assessor. Functional assessments included the Functional Reach Test, Berg Balance Scale, 2-minute walk test, and Timed Up and Go Test. RESULTS: After four weeks of treatment, the Berg Balance Scale, functional reach test, 2-minute walk test, and the Timed Up and Go Test scores had improved significantly in each group (P   <   0.05). The mean improvement of the functional reach test and 2-minute walk test were significantly higher in the aquatic group than in the control group (P   <   0.01). The differences in the mean values of the improvements in the Berg Balance Scale and the Timed Up and Go Test were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that a relatively short programme (four weeks) of hydrotherapy exercise resulted in a large improvement in a small group (n   =   14) of individuals with relatively high balance and walking function following a @entity64 .

Hydrotherapy vs. conventional land-based exercise for improving walking and balance after XXXX : A randomized controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'chronic stroke']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['stroke']
