Comparison of Effectiveness of Motivative Exercise with Passive Exercise by fNIRS

Abstract

One physical therapist (PT) gives exercise at rehabilitation. We call the exercise "passive exercise". Since most of stroke patients become hemiplegia patients, they can perform the exercise operating devices by the healthy side. We call this system "motivative exercise". In this report, the difference of effectiveness between passive exercise and motivative exercise are shown by brain function measurement. Activating sites in brain are measured by fNIRS through both exercises.