The Effect of Arm Swing Exercise on Gait and Balance in Stroke Patients

June-Seok Ma; Hyun-Joo Kim

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The Effect of Arm Swing Exercise on Gait and Balance in Stroke Patients

June-Seok Ma, Hyun-Joo Kim

Published in American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 19 October 2014 Accepted: 3 November 2014 Published: 21 November 2014

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Abstract

The aim of this study is investigate the effect of arm swing exercise on balance and gait in stroke patients. Group A (n=8): 0.5kg strap was applied during arm swing exercise in experimental group for 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. Group B (n=8): Subjects in control group performed neurodevelopmental treatment for 30 minutes a day, 3 times a week for 4 weeks. Subjects were measured for balance and gait on Berg Balance scale, 10meter walking test and Six-minute walk test. There were significant changed of 10Meter Walking Test and 6-Minute Walk Test after experimental group performed the reinforced arm swing exercise of upper extremities and control group was provided with neurodevelopment treatment(p <0.05). However, there was no statistically significant found difference change of Berg Balance Scale in experimental group (p >0.05). The application reinforced arm swing exercise can be said to be effective intervention for the gait training in hemiplegic stroke patient.

Published in	American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajcem.20140206.16
Page(s)	151-155
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Arm Swing, Stroke, Gait

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Department of Physical Therapy, Korea National University of Transportation, ChungJu, Republic of Korea
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Department of Physical Therapy, Korea National University of Transportation, ChungJu, Republic of Korea

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