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KMID : 1021220200110022028
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국제물리치료학회지
2020 Volume.11 No. 2 p.2028 ~ p.2035
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Effects of Diagonal Pattern Self-Exercise on Trunk Control, Balance, and Gait Ability in Chronic Stroke Patients
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Yang Jae-Ho
Park Shin-Jun
Kim Soon-Hee
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Abstract
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Background: Weakness of the trunk muscles decreases the trunk control ability of stroke patients, which is significantly related to balance and gait.
Objectives: To compare the impact of diagonal pattern self-exercise on an unstable surface and a stable surface for trunk rehabilitation on trunk control, balance, and gait ability in stroke patients.
Design: Nonequivalent control group design.
Methods: Twenty four participants were randomized into the experimental group (diagonal pattern self-exercise while sitting on an unstable surface, n=12) and the control group (diagonal pattern self-exercise while sitting on a stable surface, n=12). All interventions were conducted for 30 minutes, three times a week for four weeks, and the trunk impairment scale (TIS), berg balance scale (BBS), functional gait assessment (FGA), and G-walk were measured.
Results: All groups indicated significant increases in all variables (TIS, BBS, FGA, cadence, speed, stride length) after four weeks. The TIS, BBS, FGA, cadence, gait speed, and stride length group-by-time were significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion: We found that, in stroke patients, diagonal pattern self-exercise on an unstable surface is a more effective method for improving trunk control, balance, and gait ability than diagonal pattern self-exercise on a stable surface.
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KEYWORD
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Unstable, Self exercises, Balance, Gait, Stroke: Trunk
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