patients performed daily physiotherapy, which included intensive preparatory training for standing and sitting positions, strengthening exercises, weight-bearing exercises, and balance and coordination exercises (from 40 to 60 minutes of therapy).

effective therapy included 1 session on a tilting table at an angle of 42° for 20 minutes, 5 times a week (Monday to Friday) at a speed of 32 steps per minute, followed by a physiotherapy session for two weeks.

in addition to conventional physiotherapy, activity imagery during passive walking on the Erigo®Pro table was introduced. During the exercises on the table, the patients wore headphones that blocked out any external sounds, closed their eyes and their task was to imagine the sensation of their body moving (first-person imagination), differentiating the idea of walking in various real environments (park, forest, beach, snow, streets). in the city, walking at different speeds, going up and down stairs, running, etc.)

66 stroke patients were randomly assigned to three groups (22 people each) with different therapy (conventional, with the addition of Erigo®Pro and enriched with motor imagery). The therapy duration was two weeks. Patients underwent assessment before and after completion of therapy. The study used the Trunk Stability Test, Berg Balance Scale to assess balance, as well as the Riablo device to measure static balance. Additionally, an evaluation of the superficial tension of the transverse abdominis and multifidus muscles was conducted.

Assessment of trunk stability before and after therapy

Assessment of body balance before and after therapy

Assessment of static balance in the frontal plane before and after therapy

Assessment of static balance in the sagittal plane before and after therapy

Assessment of the surface tension of the transverse abdominis muscle

Assessment of the surface tension of the multifidus muscle