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Attention may influence the motor performance of poststroke patients. The attentional focus implies “where” attention is focused while per-forming a specific movement. Focusing attention on the inside of the body while performing a specific exercise is called an internal focus (IF) and focus on the external environment is called an external focus (EF). This study examined the effect of attention on the gait of patients with chronic stroke. Sixteen subjects voluntarily participated in the study. The subjects were guided to walk while maintaining the required atten-tional focus, which is control, IF, and EF condition. Dependent variables were as follows: step length, stride length, step width, 10-m walk time, and weight distribution on the paretic limb. The results are as follows. First, the step length and the stride length were observed to be longer in the EF condition. Second, 10-m walk time was faster in EF condition. Third, under the EF condition, more weight was applied to the paretic limb. We suggest that EF instruction useful to improve the poststroke gait.

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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Participants
Experimental procedure
Measurement variables
Statistical analysis
RESULTS
General characteristics of participants
Step length
Stride length
Step width
10-m walk time
Weight distribution
DISCUSSION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
REFERENCES

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• Sun-Ae Kim [ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Bio and Medical Science, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, Korea ]
• Young Uk Ryu [ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Bio and Medical Science, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, Korea ]
• Hwa Kyung Shin [ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Bio and Medical Science, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, 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