Effect of blocked vision treadmill training on knee joint proprioception of
patients with chronic stroke |
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| Authors: | Sung-Jun Moon Yong-Wook Kim |
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| Affiliation: | 1) Department of Physical Therapy, Jeonbuk University Hospital of Rehabilitation Medicine, Republic of Korea;2) Department of Physical Therapy, College of Medical Sciences, Jeonju University, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of treadmill training withthe eyes closed and eyes open on the joint position sense of chronic stroke patients.[Subjects and Methods] Thirty patients with chronic stroke participated in this study.Patients performed the timed up and go test and were assigned to one of two treadmilltraining groups with and without visual deprivation. The treadmill gait training for eachgroup lasted 40 minutes, and sessions were held 3 times a week for 4 weeks. The knee jointproprioception was measured using the Biodex System Pro 3 before and after theintervention. [Results] The knee joint proprioception of the treadmill training withblocked vision group showed more significant improvement after the treadmill trainingsessions than that of the eyes open group. [Conclusion] This study demonstrated thattreadmill training with blocked vision may be useful for the proprioceptive sensoryrehabilitation of patients with chronic stroke.Key words: Chronic stroke, Knee joint proprioception, Visual deprivation |
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