RT journal article
T1 Effectiveness of Stretching in Post-Stroke Spasticity and Range of Motion: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A1 Gomez-Cuaresma, Laura
A1 Lucena Antón, David Manuel
A1 González Medina, Gloria
A1 Martín Vega, Francisco Javier
A1 Galán Mercant, Alejandro
A1 Luque-Moreno, Carlos
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 stroke
K1 muscle spasticity
K1 muscle stretching exercises
K1 activities of daily living
AB Spasticity is one of the most frequent and disabling clinical manifestations of patients withstroke. In clinical practice, stretching is the most widely used physiotherapeutic intervention for thispopulation. However, there is no solid evidence for its effectiveness. The aim of this study was toevaluate the effectiveness of different types of stretching in reducing post-stroke spasticity. Researchwas carried out until March 2021 in the following scientific databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus,Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and PEDro. The PEDro scale and the Cochrane collaborationtool were used to assess the methodological quality and risk of bias of the studies. Eight articleswere selected for qualitative analysis; six of them contributed information to the meta-analysis. Noconclusive evidence was obtained on the effectiveness of stretching in terms of treating spasticityand range of motion in patients with stroke. Further research is necessary in order to determine theeffectiveness of the use of stretching in this population, considering the different types of stretching(static and dynamic), the time of application, the measurement of the different components ofspasticity, and the extrapolation of functional results.
PB MDPI
SN 2075-4426
YR 2021
FD 2021-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26188
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/26188
LA eng
NO FundingThis research and the APC was partial funded by the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education Program (Key Action 203), grant number 2018-1-PL01-KA203-051055.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026