Virtual reality-enhanced body weight-supported treadmill training improved lower limb motor function in patients with cerebral infarction

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.07.026

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Most stroke patients affected walking dysfunction. Virtual reality-enhanced body weight-supported treadmill training has been proposed as a strategy for gait training of cerebral infarction subjects.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality-enhanced body weight-supported treadmill training on lower limb motor function in subacute cerebral infarction patients.
METHODS: Twenty cerebral infarction patients (within 3 months of onset) were randomly divided into experiment group (virtual reality-enhanced body weight-supported treadmill training) and control group (conventional physiotherapy). Three-dimensional gait analysis in lower limb motor function was carried out before and after 3-week gait training. Intergroup and intragroup comparisons in the following parameters were done before and after training: walking speed, cadence, step time, single limb support time (%), double limb support time (%), nonparetic swing (%), step length, pace, range of motion in the lower limb, functional ambulation category, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the lower limbs and Brunel Balance Assessment.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: No significant differences in patient’s gender, age, course of disease, affected. side, walking speed, functional ambulation category, Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the lower limbs and Brunel Balance Assessment were detected between the two groups before training (P > 0.05). Fugl-Meyer Assessment and functional ambulation category were improved in patients of the two groups after training (P < 0.05). The improvement in walking speed, cadence, step time in affected side, step time in healthy side, single limb support time in affected side (%), nonparetic swing (%), pace, step lengths in affected and healthy sides were better in the experimental group than those in the control group.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建；骨细胞；软骨细胞；细胞培养；成纤维细胞；血管内皮细胞；骨质疏松；组织工程

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Key words: infarction, gait, lower extremity, exercise test, subacute

CLC Number:

R318

Xiao Xiang, Mao Yu-rong, Zhao Jiang-li, Li Le, Xu Guang-qing, Huang Dong-feng . Virtual reality-enhanced body weight-supported treadmill training improved lower limb motor function in patients with cerebral infarction[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2014, 18(7): 1143-1148.

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