title: How effective is the early fast treadmill gait speed training for stroke patients at the 2nd week after admission: comparison with comfortable gait speed at the 6th week.
abstract: [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to find whether a fast treadmill gait training speed is effective for the gait training of stroke patients in the early rehabilitation stage. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty-nine stroke patients were the subjects of our investigation. They walked on a treadmill with handrail supports at a fast speed (130% of their comfortable gait speed in the 2nd week). The treadmill gaits of the patients were recorded using a 3-dimensional analysis system at two and six weeks after their admissions. Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) of the temporal and spatial parameters of the two periods were statistically analyzed. [Results] For all of the patients, the ICCs of the measured parameters were greater than 0.58. In the case of patients whose gait speeds of the two periods were close, the ICC units were greater than 0.7. [Conclusion] The fast gait speed training allowed us to expose the patients to a gait speed that they were expected to acquire at a later stage of their rehabilitation. This training method was found to be beneficial for the mildly paralyzed patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Hachiman Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Shimpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomida
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Division of Rehabilitation, Fujita Memorial Nanakuri Institute, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Genichi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanino
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yanohara
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan.
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Tsujimura Surgery Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Rehabilitation, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.affiliation: Division of Rehabilitation, Fujita Memorial Nanakuri Institute, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orand
authors.affiliation: Division of Rehabilitation, Fujita Memorial Nanakuri Institute, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation, Fujita Health University Nanakuri Sanatorium, Japan ; Division of Rehabilitation, Fujita Memorial Nanakuri Institute, Fujita Health University, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonoda
keywords: Fast speed; Stroke; Treadmill