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KMID : 1021220220130032659
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국제물리치료학회지
2022 Volume.13 No. 3 p.2659 ~ p.2663
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Effects of Wearing a Weight-Bearing Jacket versus Increasing Speed during Treadmill Gait Training on Gait Parameters in Stroke Patients
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Kim Ji-Hye
Cho Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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Background: A weight-bearing jacket during treadmill gait training is being used for rehabilitation in stroke patients. However, the effect on various gait parameters has not been confirmed.
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparison of exercise intensity through speed increase and weight-bearing jacket during treadmill gait training to restore gait ability in stroke patients.
Design: Randomized controlled trials.
Methods: This study recruited 24 stroke patients. The subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental group (wearing a weight-bearing jacket during treadmill gait training, n=12) and the control group (speed increase during treadmill gait training, n=12). Gait measurement device (G-walk) was used to measure the gait parameters of the subjects.
Results: Both the experimental group and control group showed a significant increase in cadence, gait speed, stride length, and gait symmetry index post intervention (P<.05). In comparison between the two groups, the experimental group showed a significant increase in the gait symmetry index post the intervention than the control group (P<.05).
Conclusion: Through this study, it was found that wearing a weight-bearing jacket was a more effective method for improving the gait symmetry index than increasing speed during treadmill gait training in stroke patients.
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KEYWORD
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Treadmill, Gait training, Weight-bearing jacket, Gait symmetric index, Stroke
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