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This study is a single blind randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of virtual reality-based postural control training on the gait ability in patients with chronic stroke. Sixteen subjects were randomly as-signed to either experimental group (VR, n=8) or control group (CPT, n= 8). Subjects in both groups received conventional physical therapy for 60 min per day, five days per week during a period of four weeks. Sub-jects in the VR group received additional augmented reality-based train-ing for 30 min per day, three days per week during a period of four weeks. The subjects were evaluated one week before and after participating in a four week training and follow-up at one month post-training. Data de-rived from the gait analyses included spatiotemporal gait parameters, 10 meters walking test (10 mWT). In the gait parameters, subjects in the VR group showed significant improvement, except for cadence at post- training and follow-up within the experimental group. However, no obvi-ous significant improvement was observed within the control group. In between group comparisons, the experimental group (VR group) showed significantly greater improvement only in stride length compared with the control group (P<0.05), however, no significant difference was ob-served in other gait parameters. In conclusion, we demonstrate signifi-cant improvement in gait ability in chronic stroke patients who received virtual reality based postural control training. These findings suggest that virtual reality (VR) postural control training using real-time informa-tion may be a useful approach for enhancement of gait ability in pa-tients with chronic stroke.

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Abstract
 INTRODUCTION
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
  Participants
  Outcome measures
  Conventional physical therapy
  Virtual Reality-based postural control program
  Temporal-spatial gait ability
  Functional walking ability
  Statistical analyses
 RESULTS
  General characteristics of subjects
  Gait ability comparison
  DISCUSSION
 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 REFERENCES

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저자

• Yu-Hyung Park [ Graduate School of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Chi-ho Lee [ Graduate School of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Byoung-Hee Lee [ Graduate School of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

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  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613