Title: Gait Training – Induced Changes in Corticomotor Excitability in Patients With Chronic Stroke  14 chronic stroke patients  Ground Training alo
{"Image DocumentName": "Title: Gait Training \u2013 Induced Changes in Corticomotor Excitability in Patients With Chronic Stroke", "Image ImageDescription": "Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Vol. 22, No. 1, (2008) 14 chronic stroke patients. Ground Training alone vs. Ground Training + BWSTT. Significant changes in GT + BWSTT: Berg Balance Scale. Walking speed and Step Length. Decreased threshold for TA in unaffected side. AH in affected hemisphere only. General increases in Map Size for : TA in both hemispheres. Correlation was found between corticomotor excitability and functional improvement. Conclusion: GT + BWSTT may. Induce changes in corticomotor excitability. Improve balance and gait performance. (Yen, C. 2008) Published in 2008, this my favorite article that focuses on Corticomotor Excitability associated with BWSTT. They took 14 chronic stroke patients and. Compared the effects of ground training and ground training + BWSTT on Motor Performance and Corticomotor Excitability. What they found is that significant changes in the group that received Ground Training + BWSTT in berg balance score, walking speed, step length, and decreased threshold for TA in unaffected hemiparesis. Further, general increases were noted in map size for Tibialis Anterior and Abductor Hallucis in affected hemisphere only. Interestingly for the same group, a correlation was found between corticomotor excitability and functional improvement. In the end authors concluded that gait training + BWSTT may bring about changes in cortiocomotor excitability, improve balance and gait performance.   TA \u2013 tibialis anterior. AH \u2013 abductor hallucis. This one is BWSTT + Ground Training .vs. Ground Training Only. Note: significant differences were not found within the group that did not receive BWSTT. significant difference were found within and between the groups that received BWSTT.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}