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KMID : 1036120160080020075
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Korean Society of Medicine & Therapy Science
2016 Volume.8 No. 2 p.75 ~ p.84
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The Effect of Changes of Increase in Physical Activity of Stroke Patients on Gait.
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Lee Eun-Kyoung
Ko Joo-Yeon
Kim Hyung-Geun
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Abstract
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Objective: It intends to find the effect that the activity change of hospitalized stroke patients produces on the gait functions and further reveal the importance of the activity increase and physical activity of stroke patients.
Method: Selected 50 hospitalized stroke patients fit for the selection criteria, then made them wear the pedometer, and lastly conducted the experiment after classifying them into two groups of high activity and low activity. Each training group participated 5 times per week for 8 weeks in total. Due to the discharge or withdrawal, finally 45 patients completed the experiment. The test items included the gait capacity (step length, stride length, step width, stance phase, double stance, cadence, step time, stride time) and functional gait capacity (10 meter walking test, 6 minute walking test, timed up and go) which were measured three times totally at the 0th week, 4th week, and 8th week.
Results: After the 8 week experiment, in the gait components, namely, step time, stride time, step length, and stride length, there was a significant difference between two groups (p<.05), in the functional gait components such as 10 m WT, 6MWT, and TUG, there was a significant difference between them (p<.05). Among two groups, the high activity group showed the significant improvement (p<.05).
Conclusion: It is suggested that the high activity group is more influential than the low activity group in the gait and functional gait capacities. Consequently, it is expected that for the hospitalized stroke patients, the efficiency of the gait and cardiopulmonary functions can be enhanced by increasing their activity through the method besides the medical treatment.
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KEYWORD
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stroke, physical activity, gait
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