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- Title
Comparison of Balance Ability in the Presence or Absence of a History of Stroke: Analysis of Each Walking Level.
- Authors
SATOSHI SUGIMOTO; AKINA KIHASHI; OSAMU OKUMA; OSAMU MUROOKA; MIKA NAKAJO; HIROKO SAKUMA
- Abstract
[Purpose] We investigated the differences in balance ability without upper limb support in between non-stroke and stroke patients. [Subjects] Twenty-eight stroke patients who had hemiparesis and 76 non-stroke patients were recruited for this study. [Methods] We compared the Berg balance scale (BBS) of the non-stroke group with the stroke group at each walking level. [Results] Although there was only a small difference in the BBS score between the two groups at the walking level of without a cane, the non-stroke group had a higher BBS score than the stroke group at the walking level of with a cane. [Conclusion] The balance ability without upper limb support of the stroke patients was lower than that of the non-stroke patients at the walking level of with a cane.
- Subjects
CEREBROVASCULAR disease patients; HEMIPARESIS; WALKING; ARM; MOTOR ability
- Publication
Rigakuryoho Kagaku, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 2, p321
- ISSN
1341-1667
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1589/rika.29.321