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KMID : 1147520180110010026
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Korean Academy of Basic Medicine & Health Science
2018 Volume.11 No. 1 p.26 ~ p.31
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A Pilot Study on How Changes of Distribution of Foot Pressure Affect Walking for Patients Who Experience Chronic Strokes
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Kim Hee-Tak
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to determine the difference of spatial factors and foot pressure distribution of chronic stroke suffers while they walk. The study involved 17 stroke patients who are able to walk independently. The corresponding t-test was used in order to determine the difference between the peak pressure, active area, peak time, stride length, and step length. There was no significant difference between the affected and unaffected sides for stride length or step length (p>0.05). There was a significant difference of peak pressure on the forefoot (p<0.05). However the midfoot and the hindfoot showed no significant difference of peak pressure (p>0.05). The study also found significant differences for the peak area and the peak time on the medial area of the forefoot and midfoot (p<0.05). There was no difference between the affected and the unaffected side while walking. Nonetheless there was a difference between the affected and the unaffected side at the forefoot, which reduced the patients’walking speed. It is my hope, that by applying walking training, I can help establish an effective therapeutic strategy to increase the walking speed of stroke patients.
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KEYWORD
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Stride length, Step length, Peak pressure, Peak time, Active area
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