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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

懸吊式跑步機訓練對不完全脊髓損傷者行走能力之療效

Abstract

In modern health care systems that attach importance to acute treatment and health care, there is an increasing number of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury that have increased chance of regaining their ability to walk. However, how to effectively achieve this target of promoting the ability to walk is a question that must be urgently addressed by rehabilitation medicine and public health authorities. International research has already confirmed that body weight support treadmill training has a positive therapeutic effect on walking ability in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, but in Taiwan not many relevant studies have been performed. The author therefore carried out literature reviewarticle to study and evaluate the walking ability of patients with incomplete spinal cord injury and to analyze the therapeutic effect of body weight support treadmill training. The author then came up with an appropriate training strategy and points of attention that can serve as a reference in the promotion of rehabilitation training. The analysis results proved that after body weight support treadmill training, patients with incomplete spinal cord injury showed significant improvement in three aspects of walking ability assessment, namely the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury Ⅱ (WISCI Ⅱ), the 10-meter walk speed test (10MWT) and the 6-minute walk distance test (6MWT). This confirms that body weight support treadmill training helps in regaining walking ability. Nevertheless, evidence-based research into body weight support treadmill training strategies is limited, and we therefore suggest future research and clinical treatment to further study training strategies and its influencing factors.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

139

Last Page

145

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