An exploration of the effects of weighted garments on balance and gait of stroke patients with residual disability. Export

@article{citeulike:5017284, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of weighted garments on the balance and gait of stroke patients. DESIGN: A pilot randomized controlled study with blinded measurement. SETTING: Weighted garments were worn by patients living in the community and measurement was made in a hospital-based gait laboratory. SUBJECTS: Twenty-four adults who were at least six months post stroke and were able to walk 10 metres with or without assistance or a walking aid. INTERVENTION: The six-week treatment-phase subjects were given a set of weighted garments which they were shown how to apply and instructed to wear on their paretic side. Subjects randomly allocated to the six-week control phase were not given any weighted garments. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Balance was measured with the Berg Balance Scale. Gait was measured using GaitMat II, an instrumented walkway. Gait parameters of interest were velocity and symmetry of: step length; single support time; double support time; and support base width. Measures were made at baseline before randomization (baseline) and at the end of the six weeks of intervention (outcome). RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were found between the treatment and control groups at outcome for balance (Mann-Whitney U-test; p = 0.74), gait velocity (p = 0.68) or symmetry of gait parameters (p = 0.33 to p = 0.75). CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence to support the clinical use of these weighted garments for stroke survivors.}, author = {Pomeroy, V. M. and Evans, B. and Falconer, M. and Jones, D. and Hill, E. and Giakas, G.}, citeulike-article-id = {5017284}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11518440}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11518440}, issn = {0269-2155}, journal = {Clinical rehabilitation}, keywords = {balance, functional\_activity\_intervention, gait, gait\_parameters, gait\_symmetry, intervention, neurology\_physical\_therapy, physical\_therapy, procedural\_interventions, pt\_treatment, randomized\_control\_study, rehabilitation, stroke, therapy, weight\_garments}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {390--397}, posted-at = {2009-06-30 02:15:43}, priority = {2}, title = {An exploration of the effects of weighted garments on balance and gait of stroke patients with residual disability.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11518440}, volume = {15}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5017284 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5017284 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of weighted garments on the balance and gait of stroke patients. DESIGN: A pilot randomized controlled study with blinded measurement. SETTING: Weighted garments were worn by patients living in the community and measurement was made in a hospital-based gait laboratory. SUBJECTS: Twenty-four adults who were at least six months post stroke and were able to walk 10 metres with or without assistance or a walking aid. INTERVENTION: The six-week treatment-phase subjects were given a set of weighted garments which they were shown how to apply and instructed to wear on their paretic side. Subjects randomly allocated to the six-week control phase were not given any weighted garments. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Balance was measured with the Berg Balance Scale. Gait was measured using GaitMat II, an instrumented walkway. Gait parameters of interest were velocity and symmetry of: step length; single support time; double support time; and support base width. Measures were made at baseline before randomization (baseline) and at the end of the six weeks of intervention (outcome). RESULTS: No statistically significant differences were found between the treatment and control groups at outcome for balance (Mann-Whitney U-test; p = 0.74), gait velocity (p = 0.68) or symmetry of gait parameters (p = 0.33 to p = 0.75). CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence to support the clinical use of these weighted garments for stroke survivors. IS - 4 JF - Clinical rehabilitation SN - 0269-2155 EP - 397 TI - An exploration of the effects of weighted garments on balance and gait of stroke patients with residual disability. VL - 15 SP - 390 KW - balance KW - functional_activity_intervention KW - gait KW - gait_parameters KW - gait_symmetry KW - intervention KW - neurology_physical_therapy KW - physical_therapy KW - procedural_interventions KW - pt_treatment KW - randomized_control_study KW - rehabilitation KW - stroke KW - therapy KW - weight_garments AU - Pomeroy, VM AU - Evans, B AU - Falconer, M AU - Jones, D AU - Hill, E AU - Giakas, G PY - 2001/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11518440 ER -