Effects of Treadmill Training on Gait in a Hemiparetic Patient
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1990
Program
Physical Therapy
Abstract
The use of a treadmill for medical testing has been long established. The treadmill has been used for assessing cardiovascular performance and for measuring problems of gait. The present study uses treadmill walking as a therapeutic measure for hemiparetic victims of stroke (individuals who have a one-sided paralysis subsequent to a hemorrhage of a brain vessel). The improvement of a single patient is followed in great detail, and the findings are presented as an indication that treadmill walking is a useful means of improving the gait of such patients. An accompanying commentary by a reviewer and rebuttal by the author discuss alternative explanations for the reported results. A major concern is the significance of a single patient experience
Recommended Citation
Waagfjord, Jonina; Levangie, Pamela; and Certo, Catherine M.E., "Effects of Treadmill Training on Gait in a Hemiparetic Patient" (1990). All PTHMS Faculty Publications. 72.
https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/pthms_fac/72
Publication
Physical Therapy
Volume
70
Issue
9
Pages
549-560
Comments
Originally published:
Waagfjord, Jonina, Pamela K. Levangie, Certo, Catherine M.E. "Effects of Treadmill Training on Gait in a Hemiparetic Patient." Physical Therapy 70.9 (1990): 549-560.