Effects of "Taking the Waist as the Axis" Therapy on trunk postural control disorder after stroke: A randomized controlled trial
Author: Rong Cui1,2, Hongtao Liu1, Meng Li1, Jie Wang1, Junjie Mao3, Weidong Ni1, Furong Wang1, Jingxian Pan1, Long Yu1, Yan Wang1, Yanmin Wang1, Pufeng Huang1, Gaiyan Li1, Yi Zhao4, Ning Zhu1, Chen Chen5, Ziyang Pan6, Ying Zhang1, Weijie Fu2, Jianzhong Yang1
Affiliation:
1 Department of Rehabilitation, Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital, Shanghai, China.
2 School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
3 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital, Shanghai, China.
4 Department of Neurology, Shanghai Xuhui Central Hospital, Shanghai, China.
5 Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, Shanghai, China.
6 Shanghai Yichuan Middle School, Shanghai, China.
Conference/Journal: Front Aging Neurosci
Date published: 2023 Jan 27
Other:
Volume ID: 15 , Pages: 1040277 , Special Notes: doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1040277. , Word Count: 301
Background:
Sufficient attention to trunk rehabilitation after stroke is still lacking. Loss of trunk selective activity is considered to be the leading cause of trunk postural control disorder after stroke. "Taking the Waist as the Axis" Therapy (WAT) was developed as a combination of the concept of "Taking the Waist as the Axis" from Tai Chi and the rehabilitation of trunk dysfunction after stroke. The present clinical trial examined and assessed the effects of WAT on stroke patients.
Methods:
A total of 43 stroke hemiplegic patients with trunk postural control disorder, whose Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) scoring between 8 and 18, participated in the present study and were allocated randomly to the experimental (n = 23) or control groups (n = 20). The experimental group received WAT plus conventional therapy, and the control group received "Trunk Selective Activity" Therapy (TSAT) plus conventional therapy. Both groups received treatment once daily and 5 times per week for 3 weeks. The Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), change of Intra-abdominal Pressure (IAP), static balance ability assessment, rapid ventilation lung function test and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were evaluated before and after intervention for both groups.
Results:
The experimental group was superior to the control group in TIS [4 (2, 5) vs. 3 (1.25, 4), p = 0.030], change of IAP [-3 (-8, -1.33) vs. -0.02 (-3.08, 6), p = 0.011], FMA-upper extremity [10 (6, 18) vs. 1 (0, 3), p = 0.002], FMA-lower extremity [2 (1, 4) vs. 1 (0, 2), p = 0.009] and FMA [14 (7, 21) vs. 2 (0.25, 3.75), p = 0.001]. Within experimental group, forced vital capacity (FVC) [81.35 (63.30, 94.88) vs. 91.75 (79.40, 97.90), p = 0.02] was significantly improved.
Conclusion:
WAT was an effective trunk treatment after stroke, which significantly improved the patients' trunk posture control ability, motor function and forced vital capacity. However, the results still need to be interpreted with caution for the intervention only lasted for 3 weeks.
Keywords: Tai Chi; selective activity; stroke; trunk postural control disorder; “Taking the Waist as the Axis” Therapy (WAT).
PMID: 36819714 PMCID: PMC9933551 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1040277
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