This study was designed as a randomized controlled clinical trial. Twelve adults, who suffered a stroke at least one year prior to the start of the study, were randomly assigned to one of two groups 1) pool group submitted to aerobic deep waterwalkingtraining; and 2) the treadmill group which was submitted to aerobic walk on a treadmill. Measurements The position sense, absolute error and variable error, of the knee joint was evaluated prior to and after nine weeks of aerobic training.
RESULTS:
The pool group presented smaller absolute (13.9o versus 6.1o; p < 0.05) and variable (9.2o versus 3.9o; p < 0.05) errors after nine-weeks gaittraining than the treadmill group.