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KMID : 1035420190070020095
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2019 Volume.7 No. 2 p.95 ~ p.109
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The Effects of FES with Adominal Muscle Contraction and Virtual Reality Training on Balance and Gait Ability in Patients of Stroke Patients
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Hong Jong-Yun
Lee Hyo-Jeong
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of FES with abdominal muscle contraction and virtual reality training on balance and gait ability in patients of stroke patients.
Method : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of functional electrical stimulation on the balance and gait of stroke patients. The subjects were 30 stroke patients who satisfied the selection criteria. They were randomly assigned to a group receiving functional electrical stimulation with a virtual reality training program (the experiment group, n = 15) and placebo functional electrical stimulation with a virtual reality training program (the control group, n = 15). The program consisted of three 30-min sessions per week for six weeks. The timed up and go test (TUG), the BT4, the G-WALK were used to estimate subjects’ balance, gait before and after the program. For the experiment group, the functional electrical stimulation was applied to the external oblique and the rectus abdominus, For the control group, the same program and the placebo functional electrical stimulation were applied.
Result : There were significant improvements in the subscales of the balance and gait ability test of those who participated in the functional electrical stimulation, while the control group showed no significant changes.
Conclusion : Therefore, functional electrical stimulation with virtual reality effectively improved the balance and gait abiltiy in patients with chronic stroke.
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KEYWORD
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functional electrical stimulation(FES), virtual reality(VR), abdominal muscle, sway length(SL), sway area(SA)
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