The Progress of the Gait Impairment and Brain Activation in a Patient with Post-stroke Hemidystonia

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that there was improvement of the patient's symptoms of post-stroke hemidystonia due to changes in the brain activity during voluntary movement after BWS intervention. Body weight-supported treadmill training may thus be an effective treatment for patients with poststroke hemidystonia.PMID:34532214 | PMC:PMC8419483 | DOI:10.1298/ptr.E10032

Source: Physical Therapy - September 17, 2021 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Satoshi Yamamoto Daisuke Ishii Kyoko Kanae Yusuke Endo Kenichi Yoshikawa Kazunori Koseki Ryo Nakazawa Hanako Takano Masahiko Monma Arito Yozu Akira Matsushita Yutaka Kohno Source Type: research