Impact of the correctional rehabilitation program on the walking locomotion of amateur athletes after brain contusion

Abstract

The ascertaining experiment involved 38 men involved in amateur sports at the age of 25-42 years with the consequences of brain contusion in the late remote period. The issue of renewal of combatants by means of physical culture and sports rehabilitation for amateur sports becomes topical. A correctional and rehabilitation program was developed: stage 1 (28 days) was held on the basis of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Prosthetics, stage 2 (42 days) independently, but Gr1 was trained under the supervision of a specialist in physical culture and sports rehabilitation using modern telecommunication technologies. The difference of the program in Gr1 was the appointment in the variable component of the Neurac technique on the Redcord suspension system, instead of training on a multifunctional block simulator; Nordic walking instead of training walking; vestibular gymnastics. It was found that after the 2nd stage in amateur athletes Gr1, the assessment of muscle strength according to the Lovett test, indicators of the dynamic characteristics of walking, such as the coefficient of rhythm and load asymmetry, acquired a normative value. Gr2 men showed a slow improvement in all studied parameters. The formative experiment confirmed that a multidisciplinary approach, conducting independent classes under the supervision of a rehabilitation specialist positively affects the walking locomotion of amateur athletes with the consequences of a brain contusion and brings the return to sports closer.