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KMID : 1034620160060010011
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Korean Journal of Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
2016 Volume.6 No. 1 p.11 ~ p.19
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The Effect of Treadmill Exercise Plus Arm Swing in Patients with Post-hemiparesis : A Single-subject Experimental Design
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Kang Tae-Woo
Kim Tae-Yoon
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Abstract
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This study aimed to compare the effects of treadmill gait training plus arm swing and treadmill gait training in patients with post-stroke hemiparesis. We used an alternating study design with multiple baselines across subjects. Three patients with chronic stroke participated in this study. During treadmill training, arm swing and no arm swing conditions were alternately applied. Outcome measure included timed up and go test (TUG) and oxygen cost. In the intervention phase, all subjects showed significantly greater improvements in the timed up and go test and oxygen cost for arm swing condition compared to no arm swing(p<0.05). For subjects 1, 2, and 3, the respective average time of the TUG decreased by 5.34, 3.87 and 3.76 after treadmill gait training plus arm swing. Oxygen cost decreased by 0.05, 0.03 and 0.03 ml/kg/m, respectively. These finding suggest that arm swing might be a more beneficial option to enhance the effects of the treadmill gait training.
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KEYWORD
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Stroke, Arm swing, Balance, Oxygen cost
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