Effect of external attentional focus strategy on walking function after stroke
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2025.10.012
- VernacularTitle:外部注意焦点的康复策略对脑卒中后步行功能的影响
- Author:
Yue WANG
1
;
Tong ZHANG
1
;
Huilin LIU
1
;
Jianhua LIU
1
;
Xiaomin ZHU
1
;
Jun ZHAO
1
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学康复医学院,北京市 100068;中国康复研究中心北京博爱医院,北京市 100068
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
stroke;
external attentional focus strategy;
walking function;
rehabilitation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2025;31(10):1206-1213
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of external attentional focus strategy on walking function after stroke.Methods From July to December 2024,40 stroke patients admitted in Beijing Bo'ai Hospital were randomly divided into control group(n=20)and experimental group(n=20).Both groups underwent conventional rehabilitation.On this basis,the control group received conventional walking training,while the experimental group received walk-ing training based on external attentional focus strategy,for three weeks.Before and after training,they were as-sessed with Gait Watch 3D gait analysis,Timed Up and Go Test(TUGT),Berg Balance Scale(BBS)and Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Lower Extremities(FMA-LE).Results After training,the step speed,step frequency,walking cycle,time of TUGT,and the scores of BBS and FMA-LE improved in both groups(|t|>3.098,P<0.01),and the step speed,step frequency,walking cycle and the score of FMA-LE improved more in the experimental group than in the control group(|t|>2.572,P<0.05).Conclusion External attentional focus strategy can improve the walking function of patients with stroke.
