TREADMILL TRAINING WITH PARTIAL BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORT COMPARED WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY IN NONAMBULATORY HEMIPARETIC PATIENTS
TREADMILL TRAINING WITH PARTIAL BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORT COMPARED WITH PHYSIOTHERAPY IN NONAMBULATORY HEMIPARETIC PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.26.6.976
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发表时间:
1995-06-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
MAURITZ, KH
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作者:
HESSE, S;BERTELT, C;MAURITZ, KH
Background and Purpose Treadmill training with partial body weight support is a new and promising therapy in gait rehabilitation of stroke patients. The study intended to investigate its efficiency compared with gait training within regular physiotherapy in nonambulatory patients with chronic hemiparesis.Methods An A-B-A single-case study design compared treadmill training plus partial body weight support (A) with physiotherapy based on the Bobath concept (B) in seven nonambulatory hemiparetic patients. The minimum poststroke interval was 3 months, and each treatment phase lasted 3 weeks. Variables were gait ability assessed by the Functional Ambulation Category, other motor functions tested by the Rivermead Motor Assessment, muscle strength assessed by the Motricity Index, muscle tone rated by the Modified Ashworth Spasticity Scale, and gait cycle parameters.Results Treadmill training was more effective with regard to restoration of gait ability (P