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Correlation between Bilateral Reciprocal Leg Press Test and The Balance in Chronic Stroke Patient  

Jung, Ji-Hoon (Department of Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Health and Medical Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
Kim, Joong-Hwi (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
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The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy / v.25, no.4, 2013 , pp. 180-186 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to find a correlation between the bilateral reciprocal leg press test and a the balance in chronic stroke patients. Methods: Eighteen patients performed an isokinetic leg press test consisting of a bilateral reciprocal and unilateral mode. Following the isokinetic leg press testing, subjects performed the balance test: Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up & Go (TUG) test, and stability limit. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients were used to determine the correlation between the mean score of the isokinetic leg press test, balance test in both affected and non-affected side. Results: This study indicated a significant correlation between the bilateral reciprocal leg press test and stability limit. There were significant correlation between non-affected side bilateral leg press(NBL) and BBS (r=0.501), affected side bilateral leg press (ABL) and non-affected side stability limit(NS) (r=0.614), ABL and total stability limit (TS) (r=0.493), NBL and affected side stability limit(AS) (r=0.480), NBL and NS (r=0.560), NBL and TS (r=0.563), among the patients. Conclusion: Measurement of the lower extremity strength using the bilateral reciprocal leg press test can be used as an evaluating tool of the balance test.
Keywords
Bilateral reciprocal leg press; Balance; Stroke patient;
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