Explicit versus implicit lower extremity sensory retraining for post-stroke chronic sensory deficits: a randomized controlled trial

CONCLUSIONS: Sensory rehabilitation treatment by either ESR or IRE led to similar clinically significant changes in the performance of the lower extremity and participation in subjects with sensory loss post-stroke. Both treatment protocols are easy to implement in an outpatient clinic. .CLINICALTRIALS.GOV REGISTRATION: NCT01988220. Implications for rehabilitationStandardized, structured, sensory-focused training can improve balance and gait in subjects with chronic post-stroke sensory impairment.Both explicit and implicit learning-based sensory protocols focused on the lower extremity effectively improved balance, mobility, and gait abilities, resulting in enhanced participation of individuals in the chronic post-stroke phase.A series of ten 45-minute treatment sessions in outpatient clinics lead to clinically significant improvements.PMID:35649684 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2022.2080288

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 1, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Hadas Ofek Mordechai Alperin Tsipi Knoll Daphna Livne Yocheved Laufer Source Type: research