Effects of body weight supported treadmill training on bone mineral density in stroke patients

Objective- To determine the effects of body weight supported treadmill training on bone mineral density in stroke patients. Method- A scoping review of observational, experimental, randomized control trail, cross sectional studies were performed. SCOPUS, Google Scholar, EBSCO and PubMed were searched using the terms bone mineral density and stroke. Preferred reporting items for scoping review, PRISMA-Scoping review checklist was used to examine the section of each report. Result- A Total of 47 studies were identified of which 8 were published between 2001-2023 and were included in the study. Two studies were included in our study showed positive effect of body weight supported treadmill training on bone mineral density. Furthermore, few studies which were included showed us BMD of the affected side was not different from normal side. Affected and unaffected side BMD were not significantly different. Conclusion- This study demonstrates that there is significant effect of body weight supported treadmill training on bone mineral density.