Yoga Exercise for Improving Balance in Patients With Subacute &Ｃhronic Stroke

National Taiwan University Hospital40 enrolled

Overview

Hypothesis: This study investigated the hypothesis that subacute and chronic stroke patients who received a combination of yoga and traditional physiotherapy were getting more improvement in standing balance than traditional physiotherapy. And we also hypothesis yoga can improve post-stroke depression symtom.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Depression Stroke

Interventions

YogaBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 80 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. The time of stroke onset is more than 91 days. 2. Able to stand for more than 1 minutes. 3. Between the ages of 30 and 80. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Now receive others palliative therapy. 2. Significant psychotic disease. 3. Obvious language disorder. 4. Medical contraindication(clincans evaluate cannot included).

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch

Hsinchu, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Berg Balance Scale

Time frame: within 7 days after finish yoga therapy course

Secondary Outcomes

Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire

Time frame: within 7 days after finish yoga therapy course

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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