Physical fitness training for stroke patients (Review) - Update Software
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Richards 2004 (Continued)<br />
achieved via velocity and resistance (Kinetron) increments<br />
Control: physiotherapy sessions of 60 minutes per day 5 days per week <strong>for</strong> 8 weeks not<br />
including the task-oriented gait <strong>training</strong> content above<br />
Setting: 2 rehabilitation units<br />
Outcomes Included outcomes: preferred walking speed; TUG; BI (ambulation subscore); BBS<br />
Other outcomes: kinematic gait analysis weakened by missing data in 50% participants;<br />
Fugl-Meyer leg and arm scores<br />
Notes A second control group of conventional therapy was not used <strong>for</strong> comparison since (1) it<br />
was much shorter in duration, and (2) started later than the <strong>training</strong> intervention.<br />
Outcome data imputed from graphs in publication<br />
Risk of bias<br />
Bias Authors’ judgement Support <strong>for</strong> judgement<br />
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported<br />
Salbach 2004<br />
Methods Design: randomised trial of cardiorespiratory <strong>training</strong> versus non-exercise intervention -<br />
after usual care<br />
Randomisation mechanism: computer; method: stratified on gait speed<br />
Allocation concealment: unknown<br />
Blinding: investigator blinded (unblinded during assessment of intervention group 18/42<br />
and control group 16/43)<br />
Intention-to-treat: yes<br />
Measurements: end of intervention (6 weeks)<br />
Withdrawals: intervention: 3 discontinued (refused to travel, wanted both interventions,<br />
groin pain) with 2 of these lost to follow-up; control: 4 discontinued (MI, prostate cancer,<br />
fall + fracture, wanted other intervention) with 3 of these lost to follow-up<br />
Participants Randomised: 91 participants<br />
Intervention: 44 participants; 26 males and 18 females; age 71 years (SD 12); 239 days<br />
post-<strong>stroke</strong> (SD 83)<br />
Control: 47 participants; 30 males and 17 females; age 73 years (SD 8); 217 days post<strong>stroke</strong><br />
(SD 73)<br />
Inclusion criteria: first or recurrent <strong>stroke</strong>; gait deficit from recent <strong>stroke</strong>; mental competency;<br />
independently ambulatory <strong>for</strong> 10-metres +/- aids or supervision; ability to comprehend<br />
instructions; resident in community; discharged from rehabilitation; recent <strong>stroke</strong> 1<br />
year or less<br />
Exclusion criteria: neurological deficit caused by metastatic disease; gait function (6MWT)<br />
equivalent to healthy norms; discharged to permanent care; comorbidity preventing participation<br />
in either intervention<br />
<strong>Physical</strong> <strong>fitness</strong> <strong>training</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>stroke</strong> <strong>patients</strong> (<strong>Review</strong>)<br />
Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />
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