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. 2020 May 8;8(2):128.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020128.

Changes in Gait Performance in Stroke Patients after Taping with Scapular Setting Exercise

Shin Jun Park  1 , Seunghue Oh  2
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Changes in Gait Performance in Stroke Patients after Taping with Scapular Setting Exercise

Shin Jun Park et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of combined taping with scapular setting exercise on the gait performance of stroke patients. Twenty stroke patients were randomly allocated to two groups: the taping with scapular setting exercise (TSSE) group (n = 10) and scapular setting exercise (SSE) group (n = 10). Intervention was performed for one week, and pre- and postintervention results for TSSE and SSE were compared. Outcomes were determined using the inertia measurement unit, which can measure spatiotemporal gait parameters, and using the timed up-and-go test. Two-way repeated analysis was used to compare pre- and postintervention results. In the TSSE group, intervention significantly improved cadence, gait speed, stride length, step length, gait cycle, swing phase duration, double support duration, and timed up-and-go test results more than in the SSE group. TSSE was found to improve all spatiotemporal gait parameters examined; thus, we recommend TSSE be considered as an intervention to improve gait parameters in stroke patients.

Keywords: Kinesio taping; gait parameter; scapular setting exercise; stroke.

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