T Tiftik1, N K O Gökkaya1, F Ü Malas1, H Tunç1, S Yalçın1, T Ekiz1, E Erden1, S Akkuş2. 1. Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey. 2. Yıldırım Beyazıt University Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a locomotor training (LT) combined rehabilitation program with a rehabilitation-only program on pulmonary function in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients by investigating spirometric analyses of the patients. SETTING:Rehabilitation center in Ankara, Turkey. METHODS:Fifty-two patients (40 male, 12 female) with SCI enrolled in the study. The subjects were divided into two groups: the first group (group A) received both LT and a rehabilitation program and the second group (group B) received only the rehabilitation program for 4 weeks. The LT program was prescribed as three 30-min sessions per week. Pulmonary function was evaluated spirometrically in both groups before and after the rehabilitation program. RESULTS: The spirometric values of the SCI patients, including forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, forced expiratory flow rate and vital capacity (VC) and VC%, increased significantly with LT in the first group (all P<0.05). Maximum voluntary ventilation values increased significantly in both groups (both P<0.05). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that LT is effective for improving pulmonary function in SCI patients. We also highlight the useful effects of LT, which are likely the result of erect posture, gait and neuroplastic changes that prevent potential complications in SCI patients.
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of a locomotor training (LT) combined rehabilitation program with a rehabilitation-only program on pulmonary function in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients by investigating spirometric analyses of the patients. SETTING: Rehabilitation center in Ankara, Turkey. METHODS: Fifty-two patients (40 male, 12 female) with SCI enrolled in the study. The subjects were divided into two groups: the first group (group A) received both LT and a rehabilitation program and the second group (group B) received only the rehabilitation program for 4 weeks. The LT program was prescribed as three 30-min sessions per week. Pulmonary function was evaluated spirometrically in both groups before and after the rehabilitation program. RESULTS: The spirometric values of the SCI patients, including forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, forced expiratory flow rate and vital capacity (VC) and VC%, increased significantly with LT in the first group (all P<0.05). Maximum voluntary ventilation values increased significantly in both groups (both P<0.05). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that LT is effective for improving pulmonary function in SCI patients. We also highlight the useful effects of LT, which are likely the result of erect posture, gait and neuroplastic changes that prevent potential complications in SCI patients.
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