%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Exercise on Gait Kinematics and Kinetics in Patients with Chronic  Ischaemic Stroke
%A Styliani Fotiadou
%A Ioannis Kouroumichakis
%A Thomas Besios
%A Nikolaos Papanas
%A Erasmia Giannakou
%A Vassilios Gourgoulis
%A Nikolaos Aggeloussis
%J Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
%P 140-150
%@ 2332-1830
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojtr.2019.74010
%X <strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Introduction</span></strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <strong>:&nbsp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In 2014, American Heart Association and American
Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) issued exercise guidelines for stroke patients.</span><span> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Aim of the Study:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> To study
the effects of an exercise programme based on AHA/</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ASA guidelines, on gait
kinematics and kinetics in patients with chronic</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> ischemic
stroke.</span><span> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Materials and Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Twelve stroke patients, 67.33 ¡À 9.14 years old, followed an 8-week
exercise programme, with 3 hourly sessions per week, consisting of strength,
endurance and flexibility training, as well as neuromuscular activities.
Patients¡¯ gait kinematics and kinetics were evaluated before and after the
intervention using a 3-dimensional gait analysis system.</span><span> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> In most cases, patients in
the intervention group showed significant </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">increase
or no change in gait kinematics, significant increase in joint </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">moments
at the anterior-posterior plane during support phase, and</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> non-signi</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">- </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ficant
change in the frontal and transverse planes kinetics.</span><span> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusions: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Exercise prevented further deterioration and/or led
to improved walking pattern.</span>
%K Stroke
%K Exercise
%K Rehabilitation
%K Gait Analysis
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=96164