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Motor Dual-Tasks for Gait Analysis and Evaluation in Post-Stroke Patients
Published on: March 11, 2021
The effects of functional action-observation training on gait function in patients with post-stroke hemiparesis: A
Seung-Jun Oh1, Je-Hyeok Lee1, Do-Hyun Kim2
1Department of Physical Therapy, Rusk Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea.
Background:
Functional action observation (FAO) is likely to activate the corticospinal tract and is likely to increase the potential ability of a functional task.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of FAO training on gait ability in patients with post-stroke hemiparesis.
Methods:
Thirty-five patients with hemiparesis caused by stroke participated in this study. All subjects had suffered from stroke for more than 6 months. Subjects received either a FAO or a general action observation (GAO) training for 30 minutes each time, five times per week, for four weeks. The GAITRite was used to measure walking velocities and spatio-temporal variables. The functional gait assessment (FGA) was used to assess gait ability. The independent t-test was used to analyze whether there were significant differences of all dependent variables between groups.
Results:
After four weeks of training, the step length, stride length, cadence, velocity, and FGA score in FAO group were statistically different from GAO group (p< 0.05).
Conclusion:
The results of this study suggest that FAO is an effective and easy method for improvement of gait ability in chronic stroke patients.
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