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ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy of three-dimensional motion platform training on balance and walking function of stroke patients. MethodsFrom August, 2021 to August, 2022, 80 stroke patients from Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University were selected and randomly divided into control group (n = 40) and experimental group (n = 40). The control group received routine rehabilitation training, and the experimental group received three-dimensional motion platform training on the basis of routine rehabilitation training. Before and four weeks after treatment, the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) and 3D gait analysis (step speed, step frequency, percentage of standing phases on the affected side, percentage of double support phase) were used to assess the balance and walking function of patients. ResultsFour weeks after treatment, the scores of BBS, FAC, and step speed, step frequency, percentage of standing phases on the affected side and percentage of double support phase significantly improved in both groups (|t| > 4.423, |Z| > 5.292, P < 0.001), and they were better in the experimental group than in the control group (|t| > 3.748, |Z| = 2.646, P < 0.05). ConclusionThree-dimensional motion platform training could facilitate to improve the balance and walking function of stroke patients.
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@#Objective To observe the effect of resistance breathing training on breast cancer related lymphedema. Methods Sixty breast cancer patients with lymphedema after operation from October, 2013 to April, 2015 were randomly divided into control group (n=30) and experiment group (n=30). The control group received routine rehabilitation and manual lymphatic drainage, while the experiment group received resistance breathing training in addition, for four weeks. Their flow of lymph was measured with emission computer tomography (ECT), and their upper arm circumferences were measured, their upper limb volumes were measured with water displacement before and after treatment. Results The flow of lymph increased in both groups after treatment (t>3.446, P<0.05), while the difference of bilateral upper arm circumferences (t>2.143, P<0.05) and upper limb volumes (t>1.562, P<0.05) reduced, and all the indices improved more in the experiment group than in the control group (t>1.982, P<0.05). Conclusion Resistance breathing training may increase the back flow of lymph, to relieve the lymphedema of injured extremity.