A study on the antispasticity effect and ADL of leg rehabilitation robot (LR2) in the hemiplegia patients / 中国康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe effects of lower-limb rehabilitation robots on the lower limb spasticity,motor function and ADL of hemiplegic patients after stroke.Method:40 cases of hemiplegic patients were randomly allocated to experiment and control groups (n=20 in each).The experiment group received training assisted by a leg rehabilitation robot LR2 for 30 min once daily for 6 weeks in addition to conventional treatments.The control group was given conventional treatments once daily for 6 weeks.Their lower limbs spasticity,motor function and ADL were assessed with the modified Ashworth rating scale(MAS),Simplified Fugl-Meyer Movement Scale (FMA) and Modified Barthel Index assessment method (MBI) before and after training.Result:After treatment,the lower limb spasticity was significantly lowered (P＜0.05),lower limb motor function and ADL were significantly improved (P＜0.05),and the experimental group was significantly better than the control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Leg rehabilitation robot LR2 can lower the spasticity of lower limb muscle and improve lower limb motor function and the ability of daily living in stroke patients,and the short term effect is better than conventional rehabilitation.