Effect of Anterioposterior Weight-Shift Training with Visual Biofeedback in Patients with Step Length Asymmetry after Subacute Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Step length asymmetry is a characteristic feature of gait in post-stroke patients. A novel anterioposterior weight-shift training method with visual biofeedback (AP training) was developed to improve the forward progression of the trunk. This study aimed to investigate the effect of AP training on gait asymmetries, patterns, and gait-related function in subacute stroke patients. Forty-six subacute stroke patients were randomly assigned to the AP training group or the control group. The AP training group received conventional gait training and AP training five times per week for 4 weeks. The control group received the same intensity of conventional gait training with patient education for self-anterior weight shifting. Plantar pressure analysis, gait analysis, energy consumption, and gait-r

SUBMITTER: Jo YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745098 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature