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. 2015 May;27(5):1603-7.
doi: 10.1589/jpts.27.1603. Epub 2015 May 26.

Effects of conventional overground gait training and a gait trainer with partial body weight support on spatiotemporal gait parameters of patients after stroke

Byoung-Sun Park  1 , Mee-Young Kim  1 , Lim-Kyu Lee  2 , Seung-Min Yang  1 , Won-Deok Lee  1 , Ji-Woong Noh  1 , Yong-Sub Shin  1 , Ju-Hyun Kim  3 , Jeong-Uk Lee  4 , Taek-Yong Kwak  5 , Tae-Hyun Lee  6 , Ju-Young Kim  6 , Junghwan Kim  7
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Effects of conventional overground gait training and a gait trainer with partial body weight support on spatiotemporal gait parameters of patients after stroke

Byoung-Sun Park et al. J Phys Ther Sci. 2015 May.

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.

Keywords: Gait training; Spatiotemporal gait parameters; Stroke patients.

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