ABSTRACT
@#Faciliysyion techniques were used to help improve the extremity motor functions of 43 elderly and 79 middle aged or youthful stroke patients. The Fugl-Meyer scale was employed for thc assessment of the functional status. The results showed that the motor function of upper extremty of thc elderly patients was not improved. but the motor function of lower extremity was improved significantly. The motor functions of upper and lower extremities were all improved significantly in the middle-aged or youthful patients. In early rehabilitation group the Increased motor function marks of the upper extremity of the elderly stroke patients were less than that of the middle-aged or youthful stroke patients. the increased motor function marks of the lower extremity of The elderly stroke patients were less significantly than that of the middle-aged or youthful stroke patients also. In late rehahilitation group the increased motor function marks of the lower extremity in elderly stroke patients were more than that in the middle-aged or youthful stroke patients.