Morer, CarlaMichan-Doña, AlfredoAlvarez-Badillo, AntonioZuluaga, PilarMaraver, Francisco2023-02-092023-02-092020-11-05http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16574Strokes are a leading cause of disability in developed countries. Patients with disabilities need rehabilitation to improve their physical functioning, mental status, and quality of life. Currently, no high-quality evidence can be found attesting the benefits of any of the interventions that are nowadays used. Water-based exercise may improve the physical conditions and quality of life of people in the post-stroke phase. The objective of this study is to test whether aquatic therapy in an enriched environment at the seaside (a thalassotherapy center) could play a role in this condition. A quasi-experimental prospective study consisting of a specific program assessed 62 patients with a mild-moderate disability pre- and post-2 weeks of intensive treatment. They followed a thalassotherapy regimen including aquatic therapy in a sea water pool at 32-34 °C for 45 min daily five times a week. The outcomes measured were the Berg Balance scale, the Timed Up and Go test, the 10-meter walking test, the 6-min walking test, the Pain Visual Analogue Scale, the WHO Well-being index, EuroQoL VAS and EuroQoL 5D. We observed a significant improvement in all outcomes measured (penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/aquatic therapybalancegaitpainquality of lifestrokethalassotherapyClimatotherapyExercise TherapyFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMalePostural BalanceProspective StudiesQuality of LifeStrokeStroke RehabilitationTime and Motion StudiesWalkingresearch article33167308open access10.3390/ijerph172181631660-4601PMC7663820https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/21/8163/pdf?version=1604549946https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7663820/pdf