Areerat Suputtitada1, Pongsak Yooktanan, Thakonwan Rarerng-Ying. 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jarern-Somsri Building, Floor 1, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. sareerat@hotmail.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of Partial Body Weight Support Treadmill Training (PBWSTT) technique and floor walking training, on floor walking velocities and functional balance in chronic stroke patients. DESIGN: An observer blinded, randomized controlled trial. MATERIAL AND METHOD:Forty-eight chronic stroke patients were randomized into either the experimental group that received PB WSTT (n=24) or the control group that received floor walking training (n=24). Both groups received 25 minutes of daily walking training 5 days per weeks, totally 4 weeks. Treatment outcomes were assessed on floor walking velocities and functional balance by Berg Balance Scale RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference between both groups after a 4-week training period with regard to floor walking velocities and functional balance at p < 0.05. Patients in both groups had statistically significant improvement in these variables after a 4-week training period when compared to before training at p < 0.05. CONCLUSION: The efficacy of PBWSTT in chronic stroke patients was not statistically different to the efficacy of floor walking training in floor walking velocities and functional balance.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of Partial Body Weight Support Treadmill Training (PBWSTT) technique and floor walking training, on floor walking velocities and functional balance in chronic strokepatients. DESIGN: An observer blinded, randomized controlled trial. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Forty-eight chronic strokepatients were randomized into either the experimental group that received PB WSTT (n=24) or the control group that received floor walking training (n=24). Both groups received 25 minutes of daily walking training 5 days per weeks, totally 4 weeks. Treatment outcomes were assessed on floor walking velocities and functional balance by Berg Balance Scale RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference between both groups after a 4-week training period with regard to floor walking velocities and functional balance at p < 0.05. Patients in both groups had statistically significant improvement in these variables after a 4-week training period when compared to before training at p < 0.05. CONCLUSION: The efficacy of PBWSTT in chronic strokepatients was not statistically different to the efficacy of floor walking training in floor walking velocities and functional balance.
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