Effects of progressive backward body weight suppoted treadmill training on gait ability in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial.
Technol Health Care
; 25(5): 867-876, 2017 Oct 23.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJETIVE A stroke patient with hemiplegic gait is generally described as being slow and asymmetric. Body weight-supported treadmill training and backward gait training are recent additions to therapeutic gait trainings that may help improve gait in stroke patient with hemiplegic gait. Therefore, we examined the effect of progressive backward body weight-supported treadmill training on gait in chronic stroke patients with hemiplegic gait. METHODS:
Thirty subjects were divided to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group consisted of 15 patients and underwent progressive backward body weight-supported treadmill training. The control group consisted of 15 patients and underwent general treadmill gait training five times per week, for a total of four weeks. The OptoGait was used to analyze gait kinematics, and the dynamic gait index (DGI) and results of the 6-minute walk test were used as the clinical evaluation indicators. A follow-up test was carried out four weeks later to examine persistence of exercise effects.RESULTS:
The experimental group showed statistically significant results in all dependent variables week four compared to the control group. However, until the eighth week, only the dependent variables, of affected step length (ASL), stride length (SL), and DGI differed significantly between the two groups.CONCLUSION:
This study verified that progressive bodyweight-supported treadmill training had a positive influence on the temporospatial characteristics of gait and clinical gait evaluation index in chronic stroke patients.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Doença Crônica
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Transtornos Neurológicos da Marcha
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Teste de Esforço
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Terapia por Exercício
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Reabilitação do Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Marcha
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Technol Health Care
Assunto da revista:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article