[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of muscle belly compression by a supporter on the paralyzed side soleus muscle of patients with cerebrovascular disability, and to determine the intensity of compression that is effective for improving gait. [Subjects] Eleven patients with chronic cerebral vascular disorder. [Methods] Before setting the supporter, standing posture a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The success of gait rehabilitation after stroke depends on active walking exercises. However, the disabling after-effects of stroke often make such exercises impossible at the onset of therapy. To facilitate treadmill training of paraparetic patients, a robot-driven gait orthosis (Lokomat) was developed. We investigated the effects of the Lokomat when used with hemipareti...

[Purpose] To investigate the effects of a 30-day rehabilitation program using a slant board on walking function in post-stroke hemiparetic patients. [Subjects and Methods] Six hemiparetic patients with gait disturbance were studied. The patients were instructed to perform a home-based rehabilitation program using a slant board, thrice daily for 30 days, the exercise included standing on the sla...

BACKGROUND A significant proportion of Europeans do not meet the recommendations for 30 mins of physical activity 5 times per week. Whether lower frequency, moderate intensity exercise alters cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has received little attention. This study examined the effects of 45 minutes self-paced walking, 2 d. wk(-1) on aerobic fitness, blood pressure (BP), body composition, lip...

abstractmultiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic disease of central nervous system with destroying the myelin sheath and accompanied by disorder in nervous conduction the purpse of this research was to study the effect of 8 weeks aquatic aerobic training on speed of walking and expanded disability statues scale (edss) in women with multiple sclerosis.this study was a semi-exprimental and applied re...

Eighty one subjects were examined for the relationship between BMI, Body fat, arterial oxygen saturation and arterial PO2 with the subjects at rest and after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill ergometer at 3 mph at a 3% grade. They had BMIs between 19 and 50. All subjects were free of cardiovascular disease and had normal blood pressure making it safe for them to participate in mild exercise. ...