Chronic Stroke — Dance for the Improvement of Balance and Gait After Stroke
Citation(s)
Borg GA Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1982;14(5):377-81.
Botner EM, Miller WC, Eng JJ Measurement properties of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale among individuals with stroke. Disabil Rehabil. 2005 Feb 18;27(4):156-63.
Patterson KK, Gage WH, Brooks D, Black SE, McIlroy WE Changes in gait symmetry and velocity after stroke: a cross-sectional study from weeks to years after stroke. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Nov-Dec;24(9):783-90. doi: 10.1177/1545968310372091. Epub 2010 Sep 14.
Patterson KK, Wong JS, Nguyen TU, Brooks D A dance program to improve gait and balance in individuals with chronic stroke: a feasibility study. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2018 Sep;25(6):410-416. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2018.1469714. Epub 2018 May 10.
Powell LE, Myers AM The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1995 Jan;50A(1):M28-34.
Tsang CS, Liao LR, Chung RC, Pang MY Psychometric properties of the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) in community-dwelling individuals with chronic stroke. Phys Ther. 2013 Aug;93(8):1102-15. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20120454. Epub 2013 Apr 4.
Uswatte G, Taub E, Morris D, Vignolo M, McCulloch K Reliability and validity of the upper-extremity Motor Activity Log-14 for measuring real-world arm use. Stroke. 2005 Nov;36(11):2493-6. Epub 2005 Oct 13.
Wong JS, Jasani H, Poon V, Inness EL, McIlroy WE, Mansfield A Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the GAITRite system among individuals with sub-acute stroke. Gait Posture. 2014;40(1):259-61. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.02.007. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
Dance for the Improvement of Balance and Gait After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Interventional studies are often prospective and are specifically tailored to evaluate direct impacts of treatment or preventive measures on disease.
Observational studies are often retrospective and are used to assess potential causation in exposure-outcome relationships and therefore influence preventive methods.
Expanded access is a means by which manufacturers make investigational new drugs available, under certain circumstances, to treat a patient(s) with a serious disease or condition who cannot participate in a controlled clinical trial.
Clinical trials are conducted in a series of steps, called phases - each phase is designed to answer a separate research question.
Phase 1: Researchers test a new drug or treatment in a small group of people for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.
Phase 2: The drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety.
Phase 3: The drug or treatment is given to large groups of people to confirm its effectiveness, monitor side effects, compare it to commonly used treatments, and collect information that will allow the drug or treatment to be used safely.
Phase 4: Studies are done after the drug or treatment has been marketed to gather information on the drug's effect in various populations and any side effects associated with long-term use.
