K. Suzuki et al., Relationship between stride length and walking rate in gait training for hemiparetic stroke patients, AM J PHYS M, 78(2), 1999, pp. 147-152
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
Sixty-three male hemiparetic patients in the recovery stage were examined t
o investigate the relationship between stride length and walking rate durin
g computer-assisted gait training during a period of 4 wk, The maximum walk
ing speed for 10 m was significantly increased from 32.3 to 53.2 m/min on a
verage, and the stride length and walking rate also increased. However, the
ratio of stride length to walking rate did not change significantly in 4 w
k, with the mean value being 0.0068 m/steps/min, approximately one-half tha
t of healthy adults based on data from previous reports. The ratio of strid
e length to walking rate for hemiplegic gait was invariant during the 4 wk
of computer-assisted gait training, which is also true at different speeds
for healthy adults. These results indicate that the maximum walking speed w
as significantly improved, with an invariant relationship between stride le
ngth and walking rate, and suggest that the ratio could be used as an index
for gait training.