Effects of gait training in patients with stroke

• Project/Area Number: 15H06760
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Kansai University of Welfare Sciences
• Principal Investigator: Sakuma Kaoru 関西福祉科学大学, 保健医療学部, 助教 (20757330)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 脳血管障害 / 歩行 / リハビリテーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study was to clarify the effect of curved gait training in patients with stroke. Six subjects performed straight line gait, and curved gait training in both paretic and non-paretic directions. The kinematic measurements were recorded as the subjects walked at their self-selected speeds.
Subjects with stroke with longer paretic than non-paretic step lengths improved step length symmetry during curved gait training in paretic directions; subjects with stroke with longer non-paretic than paretic step lengths improved step length symmetry during curved gait training in non-paretic directions. Our results showed that curved gait training in paretic directions may be more effective for subjects with stroke with longer paretic than non-paretic step lengths; curved gait training in non-paretic directions may be more effective for subjects with stroke with longer non-paretic than paretic step lengths.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Clinical factors associated with ankle muscle coactivation during gait in adults after stroke (2016)
  • Author(s): Ryosuke Kitatani, Koji Ohata, Yu Hashiguchi, Kaoru Sakuma, Natsuki Yamakami, Shigehito Yamada
  • Journal Title: Neurorehabilitation Volume: 未定 Issue: 4 Pages: 351-7
  • DOI: 10.3233/nre-161326
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Ankle muscle coactivation and its relationship with ankle joint kinematics and kinetics during gait in hemiplegic patients after stroke. (2016)
  • Author(s): Kitatani R, Ohata K, Sato S, Watanabe A, Hashiguchi Y, Yamakami N, Sakuma K, Yamada S.
  • Journal Title: Somatosens Mot Res. Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: 10.1080/08990220.2016.1178636
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Merging and fractionation of muscle synergy indicate the recovery process in patients with hemiplegia: the first study of patients after subacute stroke. (2016)
  • Author(s): Hashiguchi Y, Ohata K, Kitatani R, Yamakami N, Sakuma K, Osako S, Aga Y, Watanabe A, Yamada S.
  • Journal Title: Neural Plasticity, Volume: 2,016 Pages: 5282957-5282957
  • DOI: 10.1155/2016/5282957
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Ankle muscle coactivation during gait is decreased immediately after anterior weight shift practice in adults after stroke (2016)
  • Author(s): Kitatani R, Ohata K, Sakuma K, Aga Y, Yamakami N, Hashiguchi Y, Yamada S
  • Journal Title: Gait Posture Volume: 45 Pages: 35-40
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.01.006
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Association of sagittal spinal alignment with thickness and echo intensity (2015)
  • Author(s): Masaki M, Ikezoe T, Fukumoto Y, Minami S, Tsukagoshi R, Sakuma K, Ibuki S, Yamada Y, Kimura M, Ichihashi N
  • Journal Title: Arch Gerontol Geriatr Volume: 61 Issue: 2 Pages: 197-201
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.010
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Correlations of intralimb coordination with gait kinematics and physical function in patients with stroke (2016)
  • Author(s): Sakuma K, Tateuchi H, Nishishita S, Okita Y, Kitatani R, Ichihashi N
  • Organizer: ACPT2016
  • Place of Presentation: Berjaya Times Square Hotel(Malaysia)
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-07
• [Presentation] 脳血管障害後遺症者の下肢協調性と関係する歩行動作と身体機能の検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐久間 香，建内 宏重, 西下 智，沖田 祐介，北谷 亮輔，市橋 則明
  • Organizer: 第51回 日本理学療法学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市産業振興センター(北海道)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-27
• [Presentation] 脳血管障害後遺症者の下肢協調性と関係する歩行動作と身体機能の検討 (2016)
  • Author(s): 佐久間 香，建内 宏重，西下 智，沖田 祐介，北谷 亮輔，市橋 則明
  • Organizer: 第50回 日本理学療法学術大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市産業振興センター(北海道)
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-27
• [Book] 理学療法評価学 障害別・関節別評価のポイントと実際 (2016)
  • Author(s): 池添 冬芽，浅川 育世，脇田 正徳，吉岡 佑二，西川 徹，西村 純，大島 洋平，福元 喜啓，越智 亮，太田 恵，南角 学，市橋 則明，長谷川 聡，北谷 亮輔，大畑 光司，佐久間 香，他
  • Total Pages: 406
  • Publisher: 文光堂