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Application Of Electroacupuncture For Improving Gait Performance Of Stroke Patient, Dah-Sen Weih, Baii-Jia Yang

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Spastic equinovarus foot, a major cause of gait disturbance in stroke patients, impairs patients' safety and interferes with the activities of daily living. Even after rehabilitation training, equinovarus foot is not uncommon in stroke patients with disease duration more than 6 months, we use electroacupuncture to improve gait performance.This report is a discussion of the changes and correlation among various factors that may influence gait performance, such as ankle spasticity, range of motion of ankle, walking velocity, gait cycle duration, stride length and stride width. 24 patients began, but only 14 patients completed the 4-week therapeutic schedule (9 males and …