Maeda A, Nakamura K, Higuchi S, Yuasa T, Motohashi Y
Department of Public Health, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2001 Dec;80(12):903-8. doi: 10.1097/00002060-200112000-00006.
To quantitatively evaluate the effects of body support with a cane on postural sway by measuring gravity-center sway of patients with stroke who reside at home.
The subjects were 41 patients with stroke and 36 healthy independent elderly people. Each subject stood in the standard Romberg position on a gravicorder under two conditions: without support and with a cane.
In both groups, the largest area of gravity-center sway occurred when the subjects stood without support. The area of gravity-center sway of the patients with stroke was significantly greater than that of the healthy independent elderly. In the patients with stroke group, the percentage decrease in the standing position with the cane was 58.0% in the men and 53.9% in the women, as opposed to 67.7% in the men and 67.8% in the women in the group of healthy independent elderly.
The authors quantitatively evaluated the effects of body support with a cane on postural sway of patients with stroke. The effect of body support with cane on postural sway of patients with stroke was more effective than that of healthy independent elderly.
通过测量居家脑卒中患者的重心摆动，定量评估使用手杖进行身体支撑对姿势摇摆的影响。
受试者包括41例脑卒中患者和36名健康的独立老年人。每位受试者在重力记录仪上处于标准罗姆伯格姿势，测试两种情况：无支撑和使用手杖支撑。
两组中，受试者无支撑站立时重心摆动面积最大。脑卒中患者的重心摆动面积显著大于健康独立老年人。在脑卒中患者组中，男性使用手杖站立时重心摆动面积减少百分比为58.0%，女性为53.9%；而在健康独立老年人组中，男性为67.7%，女性为67.8%。
作者定量评估了使用手杖进行身体支撑对脑卒中患者姿势摇摆的影响。使用手杖进行身体支撑对脑卒中患者姿势摇摆的影响比对健康独立老年人更有效。
