Effects of Aquatic Pole Walking on the Reduction of Spastic Hypertonia in a Patient with Hemiplegia: A Case Study

Obata, Hiroki; Ogawa, Tetsuya; Hoshino, Motonori; Fukusaki, Chiho; Masugi, Yohei; Kobayashi, Hirofumi; Yano, Hideo; Nakazawa, Kimitaka

doi:10.4172/2329-9096.1000401

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“…Obata et al [2], documented a case report on acute effect of aquatic pole walking (PW) training intervention on a 64-year-old male patient with chronic hemiparesis and symptoms of spasticity in the right lower limb. A comparison of over ground walking before and after 20 minutes of aquatic PW training revealed a significant improvement in gait performance.…”

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Physical Medicine for Health and Recovery

Takeuchi¹

2017

Int J Phys Med Rehabil

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EditorialIt was seen that, physical exercise and meditation are the most effective strategy to cope up with daily life stress and anxiety. Even from the ancient documentary evidences, it is established that, health and mind somehow can be regulated by the regular practice of physical exercise and meditation. The rationale of such realization has made 'physical medicine' an 'influential pathway' to be healthy over any life style circumstances. Various modifications in the main theme of physical exercise have been observed in recent time in the name of 'Physical therapy' or 'Physiotherapy' . However, application of 'Physical medicine' in neurological rectification is globally a novel approach. It has been shown that, involvement of 'caregiver' in the manual exercise is crucial in patient perspective. Depending upon the application specificity, various associated techniques have been introduced in recent time like short wave diathermy, wax therapy, interferential therapy, ultrasonic, and muscle strengthening exercise, which have been shown to be effective to treat and relive from pain, recovery of stroke patients, recovery from cerebral palsy and cardio pulmonary rehabilitation. Globally, the awareness and study on 'Physical Medicine' is increasing gradually and the present 'International Journal of Physiotherapy & Physical Rehabilitation' provides a world-class platform to publish relevant works on related field of Physical medicine. The authors of the recently released issue (Volume 5, Issue 3) have documented several impactful articles, a brief of which has been discussed here.The issue contains total eleven articles including eight research articles, one review article, one case report and one letter to editor. Together, the issue presents a valuable piece of research work in the field of 'Physical medicine' .Bani-Ahmed et al. [1], have investigated the functional significance of the ipsilateral primary motor cortex (iM1) hyperactivity with respect to compensatory behavioral strategies employed by patients suffering from chronic arm paresis. Functional MRI and trunk kinematic studies were performed to validate their findings. The data were collected during paretic arm movements from eleven patients before and after a four-week training specifically designed to improve the motor control of the paretic arm and diminish the behavioral (trunk) compensation comprising of variable practice of a reach-tograsp task with feedback given as knowledge-of-performance. Eight age-matched healthy controls underwent similar evaluations and training. Magnitude of iM1 (and cM1) activation and anterior trunk displacement were analysed. The authors found that, before training, patients exhibited significantly stronger iM1 activation, increased trunk motion, and significant positive correlations between these two variables compared to controls. After training, patients significantly decreased iM1 activation and displayed a trend toward decreased trunk use. The correlations between iM1 activation and trunk motion persisted and were d...

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