The effects of cycling on the lower limb motor function and walking ability of hemiplegic stroke patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2011.08.010
- VernacularTitle:功率自行车运动训练对脑卒中偏瘫患者下肢运动功能及步行能力的影响
- Author:
Hua WU
;
Yan LI
;
Xudong GU
;
Caihong WU
;
Weiguo WANG
;
Yingchun CHEN
;
Jianming FU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Cycle ergometer;
Lower limb motor function;
Walking ability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2011;33(8):599-601
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effects of exercising on a cycle ergometer on lower limb motor function and the walking ability of hemiplegic stroke patients.MethodsSixty hemiplegic stroke patients were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group with 30 in each. Both groups were treated with routine rehabilitation, but the treatment group also undertook cycle ergometer training. The training lasted for 10-20 min/d, 6 d/week for 6 weeks. All patients were assessed with the Fugl-Meyer lower limb assessment ( FMA), functional ambulation category (FAC) classification and the modified Barthel index (MBI) pretreatment and 6 weeks post treatment.ResultsBefore intervention there was no significant difference between the two groups in any of the assessments. Six weeks post treatment, the average FMA, FCA classification and MBI results in the treatment group were significantly better than those pretreatment and better than those in the control group.ConclusionsCycling exercise combined with routine rehabilitation training can distinctly improve the motor function of the lower limbs and the walking ability of hemiplegic stroke patients.
