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Commentary
Commentary on Clinical Feasibility of the Crossed-Education Using the Task-Oriented Approach on the Tilt Table in Stroke Patients
Author(s): Chang-Yong Kim and Hyeong-Dong KimChang-Yong Kim and Hyeong-Dong Kim
This commentary regards the inferences of the findings related to the effect of crossed-education using the progressive task-oriented approach on a tilt table in stroke patients. The findings from these studies recommend that crossed-education using the task-oriented training on the tilt table was very helpful for the function and rehabilitation of lower limb and clinical scores in acute and chronic hemiplegic stroke patients. Since these publications, a novel neurorehabilitation strategy using the crossed-education approach has been reported instead of rehabilitation treatment method concentrated on the affected-side. This has not been used in any study with acute and chronic stroke subjects. Furthermore, follow-up study also obtained that the use of crossed-education using task-oriented training on a tilt table has more aids on the betterment of maximal grip strength and arm functio.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2376-0281.1000283
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