Introduction: Walking ability is often impaired in patients after stroke, so improving functional walking is one of the main goals during rehabilitation. In addition to basic walking exercise in a predictable environment, everyday life also requires walking in a real, unpredictable environment. The ability to walk in the patient's everyday environment is the ultimate goal of their rehabilitation. In recent years, community-based walking training has been used as a therapeutic procedure for improving walking ability of patients after stroke, this approach can enhance the patient's motivation to participate more intensively in therapy, which could help to further improve functional walking and participation. Purpose: The purpose of the diploma work was to review randomized controlled trials the effectiveness of community-based walking training in patients after stroke. Methods: Randomized controlled trials were searched in the PubMed (MEDLINE), PEDro, and Cochrane library databases. Results: We included five randomized controlled trials published between 2008 and 2019. Four studies included subjects in the chronic post-stroke period and one study included subjects in the subacute period. Four studies investigated the effectiveness of community-based walking training and one study investigated the effectiveness of virtual reality-based training on improving community ambulation. Conclusion: Research findings suggest that community-based walking training after a stroke has a better impact on community walking and participation. Walking speed has improved in all of the studies and in four of them, authors discovered a statistically significant difference between experimental and control groups. In two studies, subjects also improved the walking distance, and in three of them, Community walk test also showed a statistically significant difference, with the experimental groups being better than the control ones. Authors have also discovered that community-based walking training, positively affects persons fall-related self-efficacy. Participation has also improved in three of the studies, with the experimental groups being the better ones. More research is needed in this area, with larger number of subjects and more uniform assessment tools.
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