Wang R Y
Department of Physical Therapy, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Phys Ther. 1994 Dec;74(12):1108-15. doi: 10.1093/ptj/74.12.1108.
The immediate and cumulative effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) applied to the pelvic region on the gait of patients with hemiplegia of short and long duration were studied.
The subjects were 20 patients with hemiplegia of short duration (mean = 4.4 months, SD = 0.8, range = 2.8-5.6; n = 10) or long duration (mean = 15.4 months, SD = 1.7, range = 12.7-18.5; n = 10).
Each subject received a total of 12 sessions of PNF (three times per week), with each treatment lasting for 30 minutes.
In subjects with hemiplegia of short duration, gait speed and cadence improved immediately after 1 session of PNF, and this improvement was further enhanced after 12 treatments. By contrast, subjects with hemiplegia of short duration.
These data suggest that (1) in both groups of patients with hemiplegia, the cumulative effects of PNF is more beneficial than the immediate effects, and (2) patients with hemiplegia of short duration respond to training sooner than do patients with hemiplegia of long duration, although the cumulative effects are similar for both groups.
研究对骨盆区域应用本体感觉神经肌肉促进法（PNF）对短期和长期偏瘫患者步态的即时及累积效应。
受试者为20例短期偏瘫患者（平均 = 4.4个月，标准差 = 0.8，范围 = 2.8 - 5.6；n = 10）或长期偏瘫患者（平均 = 15.4个月，标准差 = 1.7，范围 = 12.7 - 18.5；n = 10）。
每位受试者共接受12次PNF治疗（每周3次），每次治疗持续30分钟。
在短期偏瘫受试者中，1次PNF治疗后步态速度和步频立即改善，且在12次治疗后这种改善进一步增强。相比之下，短期偏瘫受试者。
这些数据表明，（1）在两组偏瘫患者中，PNF的累积效应比即时效应更有益，（2）短期偏瘫患者比长期偏瘫患者对训练的反应更快，尽管两组的累积效应相似。
