Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of based exercise program on gait coordination in the stroke patients. Two groups were made an experimental group of hemiparetic patients and the control group of normal people of a similar age. The experimental group participated in a 12-week water-based exercise program (two sessions/wk, 1hr/wk). The control group participated in a land-based exercise. Three dimensional kinemetic data was analyzed and the following variables were calculated: stance time, swing time, paretic and normal step time, stride length, stride length, paretic and normal step length, gait speed, RPI(Relative Power Index) for gait coordination. The results of the study were as follows : First, after 12 weeks training, stance time, swing time, paretic and normal step time, improved for both groups especially the experimental group the imbalance was reduced. Second, the experimental group showed longer stride length than control group and reduced the paretic and normal step length than control group, but for the stride width were no significant differences. Third, the gait speed increased after the training for both groups, but increased even more for the experimental group. Forth, the experimental group showed larger increases in RPI(Relative Power Index) than the control group.
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