The effect of brief, repetitive balance training on balance and fall risk in older people with stroke: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of integrating a specific balance-training program focused on static balance to the conventional rehabilitation program on dynamic balance, risk of falls, and activities of daily living (ADLs) in older adults post-stroke.

Design: A single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Institutional Intermediate Care Hospital.

Effects of a home-exercise programme in childhood survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on physical fitness and physical functioning: results of a randomised clinical trial.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a home-exercise programme on physical fitness indicators and physical functioning after completion of chemotherapy in children and adolescents diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).

Methods: Twenty-four survivors of ALL were assigned to usual care (control group, n = 12, 11.0 ± 3.

Development and Validation of an Exercise Programme for Recovery Balance Impairments in Poststroke Patients.

Background: Deterioration of balance is one of the most common and disabling physical-motor deficits in patients after a stroke that have a negative impact on quality of life and increase the risk of falls. Previous studies have evaluated the effectiveness of the exercises on specific aspects of balance. However, there is no structured exercise program divided by levels for balance impairment in poststroke patients.