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KMID : 1146520130140010001
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Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine
2013 Volume.14 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.7
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of stroke patients gait
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Lee Sang-Kwan
Choi San-Ho
Oh Jae-Gun
Lee Il-Suk
Park Kee-Eon
Hong Hae-jin
Sung Kang-Keyng
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Abstract
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The following study reviewed the walking patterns of stroke patients with hemiplegia, which is called hemiplegic gait of stroke patients. Focusing is given to the changes in the distance and temporal factors of walking, which is called spatiotemporal characteristics, throughout the walking cycle. First, we introduced the defi nitions of essential terms related to gait and its measure. Second, we reviewed the spatiotemporal characteristics of hemiplegic gait. A main issue was that hemiplegic gait showed signifi cant deviations from normal healthy gait. Although hemiplegia is primarily associated with unilateral motor disorder, changes in almost all spatiotemporal parameters used to assess walking were evident on both the involved and uninvolved sides of the body. Last, we reviewed the changes of spatiotemporal parameters of hemiplegic
gait according to the prognosis or status of stroke patients, which may help to give a specifi c intervention for rehabilitation of stroke.
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KEYWORD
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Stroke, Hemiplegic gait, Spatiotemporal characteristics, Treadmill gait analysis
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