Practicing standing up showed functional benefits in stroke rehabilitation trials
An abstract-based review reports improvements over conventional rehabilitation, but does not quantify the size of those gains or establish an optimal training program.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The review found statistically significant improvements in balance, functional mobility and standing-task duration with sit-to-stand training compared with conventional rehabilitation after stroke. These findings suggest potential functional benefits within rehabilitation programs. However, the abstract provides no pooled effect sizes, and the varied programs do not establish which training format or schedule is best.
Training methods varied, and the abstract gives no pooled effect sizes or confidence intervals. It also does not describe whether benefits persisted after the programs ended.
What researchers found
Sit-to-stand task duration
Training outperformed conventional rehabilitation across programs lasting 4 to 12 weeks; exact assessment timing and effect size were not reported.
What training involved
Programs mixed practice of standing up with resistance work and balance exercises. This variety matters because the review evaluated a family of rehabilitation programs, with differences in what participants practiced and how training was delivered.
Understanding the outcome
Faster performance on a standing task is a specific functional outcome. Without effect sizes or uncertainty intervals, the abstract does not show how noticeable the average improvement would be for an individual patient.
The original publication
Evaluating the effectiveness of different prescriptions of sit-to-stand training in post-stroke rehabilitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Josop NA, Mohd Nordin NA, Ahmad MA
Medicine (Baltimore) · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41204573
- Record checked
AI-assisted research and writing. This explains one selected publication; it is not a complete review of everything known. Our approach.
One more question, understood.
Keep track of the research you’ve explored.