2014
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.234.281
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Community Walking Training Program Improves Walking Function and Social Participation in Chronic Stroke Patients

Abstract: Stroke patients live with balance and walking dysfunction. Walking is the most important factor for independent community activities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a community walking training program (CWTP) within the real environment on walking function and social participation in chronic stroke patients. Twenty-two stroke patients (13 male, 50.45 years old, post stroke duration 231.64 days) were randomly assigned to either the CWTP group or the control group. All subjects partic… Show more

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“…walking function of stroke patients (Park et al 2011;Kim et al 2014); we think that the comparative studies on community ambulation training and virtual reality training for improvement of walking function of stroke patients are require.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…walking function of stroke patients (Park et al 2011;Kim et al 2014); we think that the comparative studies on community ambulation training and virtual reality training for improvement of walking function of stroke patients are require.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…D350 Conversation D710 Basic interpersonal interactions D760 family relationships important in stroke rehabilitation and it should be included as a routine part of the rehabilitation. Corroborating with this statement, Kim et al (13) had reported on the assessment and care with the social participation, however the results were not displayed properly.…”
Section: Instruments Of Studies For the Evaluation Of Social Participmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…The same level of participation or better than the pre-stroke was found in 35% of participants and in 65% the level was lower. (13) It is a randomized, blind study with a sample of 26 subjects.…”
Section: Singam Et Al (2015)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, there is a great need for future research studies to evaluate the effectiveness of exercise training on social participation in PLWHA. This is because several studies [50][51][52][53] have identi ed a link between physical activity pro le and social participation probably due to the effects of physical activity on mental health, especially mood [54][55][56]. However, a causal relationship between these variables have not been established in PLWHA and needs to be investigated.…”
Section: Social Participationmentioning
confidence: 99%