Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 254-263.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2025.03.002

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Effect of visual deprivation training combined with proprioceptive training on balance in hemiplegic patients after stroke

SU Panpan1,2, YE Peng2, LU Qian2, HE Chuan2, LU Xiao1()   

  1. 1. Rehabilitation Medicine College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China
    2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Jiangsu Shengze Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215228, China
  • Received:2024-12-04 Revised:2025-02-08 Published:2025-03-25 Online:2025-03-25
  • Contact: LU Xiao, E-mail: luxiao1972@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau Medical Applications Basic Research Project(SKY2023033)

Abstract:

Objective To explore the effect of visual deprivation training combined with proprioceptive training on balance function of hemiplegic patients after stroke.

Methods A total of 80 stroke patients with hemiplegia in Jiangsu Shengze Hospital were selected from May, 2022 to March, 2024, and randomly divided into control group (n= 20), proprioceptive training group (n= 20), visual deprivation group (n= 20) and combined group (n= 20). All the groups received routine rehabilitation training, while the proprioceptive training group added proprioceptive training, the visual deprivation group added balance training under visual deprivation, and the combined group added visual deprivation training and proprioceptive training, for four weeks. They were assessed with ProKin Balance Test and Training System, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), 10-metre walking test (10MWT), Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Lower Extremities (FMA-LE) and Functional Gait Assessment (FGA) before and after treatment.

Results The intra-group effect (F >96.618, P < 0.001) and interaction effect (F >5.444, P < 0.01) were significant in mean longitudinal velocity and mean horizontal velocity. The intra-group effect (F >177.671, P < 0.001), inter-group effect (F >3.761, P < 0.05) and interaction effect (F >7.555, P < 0.001) were significant in movement ellipse area and movement length both with eyes open and closed. The intra-group effect (F >221.902, P < 0.001) and interaction effect (F >7.586, P < 0.001) were significant in the time of 10MWT, and the scores of BBS, FMA-LE and FGA; and the inter-group effect were significant in FGA score (F =5.258, P < 0.01). Post Hoc test showed that all the indicators were better in the combined group and the visual deprivation group than in the control group (P < 0.05); as well as in the proprioceptive training group than in the control group (P < 0.05) except mean longitudinal velocity with eyes open, mean horizontal velocity with eyes closed, and movement length with eyes open; while all the indicators were better in the combined group than both in the visual deprivation group and the proprioceptive training group (P < 0.05); there was no significant difference between the visual deprivation group and the proprioceptive training group for all the indicators (P > 0.05).

Conclusion Both visual deprivation training and proprioceptive training can improve balance, lower limb motor function and walking of hemiplegic stroke patients, and the combination is more effective.

Key words: stroke, hemiplegia, visual deprivation, proprioceptive training, balance, motor function, walking

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