Effect of external attentional focus strategy on walking function after stroke
WANG Yue
ZHANG Tong
LIU Huilin
LIU Jianhua
ZHU Xiaomin
ZHAO Jun
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of external attentional focus strategy on walking function after stroke.
Methods From July to December 2024,40 stroke patients admitted in Beijing Bo'ai Hospital were randomly divided into control group(n=20)and experimental group(n=20).Both groups underwent conventional rehabilitation.On this basis,the control group received conventional walking training,while the experimental group received walk-ing training based on external attentional focus strategy,for three weeks.Before and after training,they were as-sessed with Gait Watch 3D gait analysis,Timed Up and Go Test(TUGT),Berg Balance Scale(BBS)and Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Lower Extremities(FMA-LE).
Results After training,the step speed,step frequency,walking cycle,time of TUGT,and the scores of BBS and FMA-LE improved in both groups(|t|>3.098,P<0.01),and the step speed,step frequency,walking cycle and the score of FMA-LE improved more in the experimental group than in the control group(|t|>2.572,P<0.05).
Conclusion External attentional focus strategy can improve the walking function of patients with stroke.
Keywords：strokeexternal attentional focus strategywalking functionrehabilitation
Publication Date：2025-10-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 1206-1213 )