Citation

Park BS, Kim MY, Lee LK, Yang SM, Lee WD, Noh JW, Shin YS, Kim JH, Lee JU, Kwak TY, Lee TH, Kim JY, Kim J. J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 2015; 27(5): 1603-1607.

Affiliation

Department of Physical Therapy, College of Public Health & Welfare, Yongin University, Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Society of Physical Therapy Science)

DOI

10.1589/jpts.27.1603

PMID

26157272

PMCID

PMC4483450

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to confirm the effects of both conventional overground gait training (CGT) and a gait trainer with partial body weight support (GTBWS) on spatiotemporal gait parameters of patients with hemiparesis following chronic stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty stroke patients were alternately assigned to one of two treatment groups, and both groups underwent CGT and GTBWS. [Results] The functional ambulation classification on the affected side improved significantly in the CGT and GTBWS groups. Walking speed also improved significantly in both groups. [Conclusion] These results suggest that the GTBWS in company with CGT may be, in part, an effective method of gait training for restoring gait ability in patients after a stroke.

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