Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 529-535 , April 2006

Does Therapeutic Facilitation Add to Locomotor Outcome of Body Weight−Supported Treadmill Training in Nonambulatory Patients With Stroke? A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Hajime Yagura, MD, PhD
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  • Megumi Hatakenaka, MD
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  • Ichiro Miyai, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ichiro Miyai, MD, PhD, Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Bobath Memorial Hospital, 1-6-5, Higashinakahama, Joto-ku, Osaka, 536-0023, Japan

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    Flow of patient participation.

    Flow of patient participation.

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    Changes of the outcome measures in the FT and control groups (n=47). Improvement of (A) FMA UE scores, (B) FMA LE scores, (C) total FIM scores, (D) FIM gait scores, (E) FIM motor scores, and (F) gait

    Changes of the outcome measures in the FT and control groups (n=47). Improvement of (A) FMA UE scores, (B) FMA LE scores, (C) total FIM scores, (D) FIM gait scores, (E) FIM motor scores, and (F) gait speed were comparable. Values are mean ± standard error (SE) (error bars). Abbreviations: FIM-g, FIM gait score; FM, Fugl-Meyer Assessment.

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    Changes of the outcome measures in patients with severe gait disorder (FIM gait score, 1 on admission, n=22). ANOVA indicated that improvement of (A) FMA UE scores was significantly better in the FT g

    Changes of the outcome measures in patients with severe gait disorder (FIM gait score, 1 on admission, n=22). ANOVA indicated that improvement of (A) FMA UE scores was significantly better in the FT group than in the control group. (B) Improvement of FMA LE scores, (C) total FIM scores, (D) FIM gait scores, (E) FIM motor scores, and (F) gait speed were comparable. Values are mean ± SE (error bars).

 Supported by the Medical Frontier Strategy Research and Funds for Research on Dementia and Fracture from the Japanese Ministry of Welfare, Health, and Labor and Takeda Science Foundation.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01497-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.035

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 529-535 , April 2006

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