A qualitative pilot study exploring clients' and health-care professionals' experiences with aquatic therapy post-stroke in Ontario, Canada

CONCLUSIONS: Health-care professionals and clients reported numerous benefits of aquatic therapy post-stroke including, but not limited to, improvements in mobility, balance, wellbeing, and socialization. Lack of formal and informal education and communication as participants' transition from rehab to community were viewed as barriers to aquatic therapy use post-stroke. Developing education material and communication strategies may improve the uptake of aquatic therapy post-stroke.PMID:36999561 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2023.2195590

Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 31, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Andresa R Marinho-Buzelli Abirami Vijayakumar Elizabeth Linkewich Catherine Gareau Hasnain Mawji Zoe Li Sander L Hitzig Source Type: research