Effects of ankle strengthening exercises combined with motor imagery training on the timed up and go test score and weight bearing ratio in stroke patients
| Autor: | Young Youl You, Sung Shin Kim, Hyung Jin Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Motor imagery training
Balance medicine.medical_specialty Stroke patient business.industry Strengthening exercises Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Timed Up and Go test medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Weight-bearing Stroke medicine.anatomical_structure Motor imagery Physical therapy Medicine Original Article Ankle business Balance (ability) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physical Therapy Science |
| ISSN: | 2187-5626 0915-5287 |
| DOI: | 10.1589/jpts.27.2303 |
| Popis: | [Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to compare the effects of ankle strengthening exercises combined with motor imagery training and those of ankle strengthening exercises alone in stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty stroke patients were randomly assigned to one of the following two groups: experimental group (15 patients) and control group (15 patients). The experimental group underwent motor imagery training for 15 minutes and ankle joint strengthening exercises for 15 minutes, while the control group underwent only ankle joint strengthening exercises for 30 minutes. Each session and training program was implemented four times a week for 4 weeks. The timed up and go (TUG) test score, affected-side weight bearing ratio, and affected-side front/rear weight bearing ratio were assessed. [Results] Both groups demonstrated improvement on the TUG test, and in the affected-side weight bearing ratios, affected-side front/rear weight bearing ratios, and balance errors. The experimental group demonstrated greater improvement than the control group in all variables. [Conclusion] Motor imagery training is an effective treatment method for improving static balance ability in stroke patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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