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Effect of Treadmill Training with Ankle Joint Taping on Gait Function and Balance Ability in Patients with Subacute Stroke: A Randomized, Controlled, Preliminary Trial

  • Gill, Yeong-Jin (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Daejeon University) ;
  • Oh, Se-Jung (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Graduate School, Daejeon University) ;
  • Cha, Yong-Jun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Health and Medical Science, Daejeon University)
  • Received : 2021.11.03
  • Accepted : 2021.12.12
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This study examined the effects of treadmill training with taping on the affected ankle joint on the gait and balancing ability in patients with sub-acute stroke. METHODS: Nineteen patients with sub-acute hemiplegic stroke in a rehabilitation hospital were assigned randomly to either the experimental group (n = 10), who received treadmill training with taping on the affected ankle joint or the control group (n = 9), who received general treadmill training. All participants performed 60 min of comprehensive rehabilitation therapy (five sessions per week for four weeks). Each group received treadmill training with or without taping on the affected ankle joint for 20 min (three sessions per week for four weeks). The gait and balancing ability were measured before and after the four-week training. RESULTS: Post-training scores of 10-meter walk test (10 MWT), timed up and go (TUG) test, and center of pressure (COP) path length and velocity for the experimental group increased significantly compared to that pre-training (p < .05). The experimental group showed a larger decrease in the 10 MWT and TUG test than the control group (-3.5 s vs. -1.01 s, p < .05; -4.9 s vs. -1.7 s, p < .05; respectively) CONCLUSION: Treadmill training with taping on the affected ankle joint might improve the gait and balancing ability of stroke patients and is considered a more effective method for improving gait and balancing ability than the method of general treadmill training.

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