The effect on the rehabilitation of hemiplegia with the body weight support treadmill training for ischemic stroke patients

Objective To study the effects on the walking function,movement function and the ability of daily life to the body weight support treadmill training for ischemic stroke patients with hemiplegia.Methods 65 cases for ischemic stroke patients with hemiplegia were divided into the treatment group(31 cases) and the control group(34 cases).Both groups were given to regular rehabilitation therapy training,and the treatment group based on this body weight support treadmill training.Respectively,before treatment,and 4 weeks,8 weeks after treatment,functional ambulation category(FAC) and walking speed,step length etc were used to access the walking function.Fugl-Meyer Assessment(FMA) to access movement function,Modified Barther index(MBI) to access the ability of daily life.Compared the differences of the walking function,movement function and the ability of daily life after the different time of the body weight support treadmill training.Results The two groups each index for comparison were not significantly difference(P 0.05),training after four weeks treatment group FAC score,average walking speed,average step length and FMA which was obviously improve the score with the control group(P 0.05),BI index there were no significant differences between the two groups(P 0.05),8 weeks after treatment group FAC score,average walking speed,average step length and FMA which is obviously improve the score with the control group(P 0.01),the treatment group BI index was significantly improve the control group(P 0.05).Conclusion Acute ischemic stroke using weight training system support can improve the patients with hemiplegia walk function,movement function and daily living skills.