Effects of exercise therapy on walking ability in individuals with XXXX : A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

@entity1 @entity626 @entity7126 @entity922
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of exercise therapy on the walking ability of individuals with @entity626 . DATA SOURCES: @entity922 ( @entity922 ) were identified by searching through PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. All literature published to October 2014 were included in the search. REVIEW METHODS: Data were collected from @entity922 that compared the effects of exercise therapy on walking ability with the effects of no intervention or psychoeducational intervention in @entity1 with @entity626 . The outcome data on the total distance walked (6-minute walk test); the amount of time spent walking (the time to walk arbitrary distances); and gait velocity were obtained and analysed. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. RESULTS: Twenty-eight @entity922 were identified. Meta-analysis provided very-low-quality evidence that exercise therapy increased the total distance walked in the 6-minute walk test, in comparison with the effects of the control interventions ( @entity7126 = 0.44, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.60). Meta-analysis also provided low- or moderate-quality evidence that the amount of time spent walking and gait velocity were improved more by exercise therapy than by the control interventions (the amount of time spent walking: @entity7126 = -0.50, 95% CI -0.70 to -0.30; gait velocity: @entity7126 = 1.78, 95% CI 0.98 to 2.58). CONCLUSION: In individuals with @entity626 , exercise therapy can improve the amount of time spent walking, gait velocity, and maybe the total distance walked.
