F-3-05A-01
EFFECTS OF PNF IN MOTOR FUNCTION REHABILITATION OF STROKE PATIENTS
Dan Tang (Guangzhou Rehabilitation Center For People With Disabilities, Guangzhou, China)
The main objective of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) vs. Traditional Therapeutic Exercise (TTE) in hemiplegic patient of stroke. Sixty consecutive inpatients were admitted to the study from 1994 to 1995, 31 males and 29 females. The mean age as 63.08 years. The patients were randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 received TTE and Group 2 were treated with PNF program, the distribution was well balanced. After a period of training for 4 weeks, both PNF and TTE resulted in significant improvement in Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Function (FMA) and Functional Independent Measurement (FIM) score. However, PNF is superior to TTE in improving. FIM, especially in terms of feeding, bathing, dressing, transfer and communication (p<0.05). It was concluded that PNF can improve the motor function of hemiplegic patient with stroke significantly, and is superior to TTE in restoration of Activity of Daily Living (ADL), if the main target of treatment is improving the patient's ADL, PNF would gain best results.
F-3-05A-02
APPLICATION OF PNF & BIOMECHATHERAPY IN THE EARLY COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION OF COMPLETE STROKE
Daxin Zhang (China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, P.R.China)
[Propose]: Recovering complete stroke patients' motor function in the utmost limit by using PNF and Biomechatherapy of combined Chinese traditional medicine and west medicine in early stage.
[Method]: We study 30 patients with complete stroke verified by CT and treat them with PNF and Biomechatherapy since the first day of attack.
[Result]: It shows the recovery peak time of their motor function disturbance is from the 4th to the 6th week after attack. The effect of our method is better than single drug therapy and late rehabilitation.
[Conclusion]: Author think that as to the assessment of motor function in complete stroke patients, the mechanisms of Brunstrom's and Satoshi Uede's appraisal are not equal, each can not replace the other. As same as basic motion training, traditional clapping therapy is also effective to the early rehabilitation of complete stroke. Both belong to PNF and Biomechatherapy.
