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The Immediate Effect of Thoracic Self-Mobilization on Balance and Gait of Acute Stroke Patients  

Park, Si-hyun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Soon Cheon An University Hospital)
Jeong, Eui-young (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Asan Chungmu Hospital)
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The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy / v.25, no.2, 2019 , pp. 11-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the immediate effect of thoracic self mobilization on balance and gait of acute stroke patients. Methods: Patients (n=10) with acute stroke applied to thoracic self mobilization. There are two thoracic self mobilization of both extension and rotation. Each thoracic self mobilization was performed ten times per direction in a total of three sets and the total time required for two thoracic self mobilization was twenty minutes. The break time between sets was one minute. Balance ability was measured using the timed up and go test and the five times sit to stand test for patients. The 10 meter walk test and the functional gait assessment were used for measurement of gait ability for patients. Results: Significant improvements were observed on balance ability (p<.05) and gait ability (p<.05). Conclusion: These results show that thoracic self mobilization is immediate effective on balance and gait ability. Thus, thoracic self mobilization will help recovery of balance and gait ability in acute stroke patients.
Keywords
Balance; Gait; Self-mobilization; Stroke;
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