RESTORATION OF GAIT IN NONAMBULATORY HEMIPARETIC PATIENTS BY TREADMILL TRAINING WITH PARTIAL BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORT

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作者
HESSE, S
BERTELT, C
SCHAFFRIN, A
MALEZIC, M
MAURITZ, KH
机构
[1] Klinik Berlin, Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Free University Berlin
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ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | 1994年 / 75卷 / 10期
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10.1016/0003-9993(94)90083-3
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R49 [康复医学];
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100215 ;
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The effect of a treadmill training with partial body-weight support was investigated in nine nonambulatory hemiparetic patients with a mean poststroke interval of 129 days. They had received regular physiotherapy within a comprehensive stroke rehabilitation program at least 3 weeks before the treadmill training without marked improvement of their gait ability. After 25 additional treadmill training sessions scoring of functional performance and conventional gait analysis showed a definite improvement: gait ability, assessed by the Functional Ambulation Category (0 to 5) improved with a mean of 2.2 points, other motor functions, assessed by the Rivermead Motor Assessment Score with a mean of +3.9 points for gross function (range 0 to 1.3) and of +3.2 points for leg and trunk section (range 0 to 10)] and gait cycle parameters (p < .01). Muscle tone and strength of the paretic lower limb remained stable. We suggest that treadmill training with partial body-weight support could augment restoration of ambulation and other motor functions in hemiparetic patients by active and repetitive training.
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