The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
- Volume 15 Issue 4
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- Pages.384-397
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- 2003
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- 1229-0475(pISSN)
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- 2287-156X(eISSN)
Preliminary Study of Ambulation Training on Treadmill in Patient with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
트레드밀을 이용한 불완전 척수손상자 보행훈련의 사전 연구
- Kim Tae-Yoon (Department of Physical Therapy, Kwangju Health College) ;
- Shin Young-Il (Department of Physical Therapy, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
- Lee Hyoung-Soo (Department of Physical Therapy, National Rehabilitation Center)
- Published : 2003.12.01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Treadmill Training on WISCI level, walking velocity, walking endurance, motor score and gait cycle of spinal cord injury patient with incomplete. Four subjects with spinal cord injury participated in this study. They took walking excercise 5 times per week for 8 weeks. One time excercise spent 30minutes. The theraputic effect was evaluated by WISCI level, walk 10 meters test, walk for 12 minutes test, motor score and gait cycle. Four subjects were examined before, after 8 week, walking training. Collected data were statistically analyzed by SPSS PC for Wilcoxon signed rank test. The results of this study are as follows; 1) In WISCI level, walking velocity, walking endurance and motor score, post - treatment score were higher compared to pre-treatment score with statistical significance(p<0.05). 2) In Rt SLS, DLSII and Lt SLS, post-treatment percentage were higher compared to pre-treatment percentage with statistical significance(p<0.05). but DLSI were not statistical significance(p>0.05). The findings suggest that spinal cord injury patients with incomplete can improve their WISCI level, walking velocity, walking endurance, motor score and gait cycle through Treadmill gait training.