The application of aqua-walking in patients with spinal cord injury
- VernacularTitle:水中步行训练在脊髓损伤患者康复中的应用
- Author:
Chaoqun YE
;
Shurong JI
;
Ling MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spinal cord injury ~SCI);
Walking in water;
Rehabilitation training
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2003;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To determine the effect of walking in water on patients with spinal cord injury~SCI). Methods Twenty SCI patients were recruited in this study, and these patients were randomly divided into a control group ~10 cases) and an experiment group~10 cases).The patients of the experiment group were administered aqua-walking and conventional physical therapy~PT),and the patients of control group were administered the conventional PT only. Results After 10 weeks of therapy, the muscle tone, motor index score and functional ambulation classification of experiment group were ameliorated significantly in comparison with the control group(P
