Stroke / CVA

Hydrotherapy benefits for Stroke/cva Patients.

Aquatic exercise provide benefits in the following areas:

• increased cardiopulmonary capacity.
• Systematic effects such as metabolic augmentation.
• Improved Balance and weight shifting
• Increased independence.
• Muscular strength training.
• Better body structure and function.
• Better quality of life
• improved gait.

Methods which can be used

• Halliwick concept
• Clinical Ai Chi

Sources

Effects of aquatic physiotherapy on the improvement of balance and corporal symmetry in stroke survivors, by Jessica Cristine Montagna, Barbara C Santos, Camila R Battistuzzo,  Ana Paula C Loureiro (2014).
Effectiveness of hydrotherapy on balance and paretic knee strenght in patients with stroke, Choong Sij Chae, Ji Hyun Jun, etc. (2020).
Hydrotherapy vs conventional land-based exercise for improving walking and balance stroke: A randomized controlled trial, by Zhizhong Zhu, Liling Cui, etc. (2015).