ArticleNeural plasticity2021
Changes in Gait Characteristics of Stroke Patients with Foot Drop after the Combination Treatment of Foot Drop Stimulator and Moving Treadmill Training.
Article in Neural plasticity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07592221 (Combined Functional Electrical and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Foot Drop), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Combined Functional Electrical and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Foot Drop: A Case Series
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Measurement Technologies for Ankle-Dorsiflexion Function After Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Sensing Approaches and Their Relationships with Gait Performance.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Ankle rehabilitation robot training for stroke patients with foot drop: Optimizing intensity and frequency.NeuroRehabilitation · 2023Trial
- tDCS synchronous robotic training on lower-limb with post-stroke hemiplegia: a comparative study between synchronous and sequential group.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Combined Functional Electrical and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Foot Drop: A Case Series.Journal of medical cases · 2026Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Exercise Modalities for Motor Function Recovery After Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Sensing and Control Strategies Used in FES Systems Aimed at Assistance and Rehabilitation of Foot Drop: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Effects of kinesio taping therapy on gait and surface electromyography in stroke patients with hemiplegia.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: To study the changes in gait characteristics of stroke patients with foot drop after the combination treatment of foot drop stimulator and moving treadmill training and thus provide a basis for the improvement in a foot drop gait after stroke. Methods: Sixty patients with hemiplegia and foot drop caused by stroke were randomly divided into two groups of 30: the test group and the control group. Both groups received basic rehabilitation training. On this basis, the test group received the combination treatment of foot drop stimulator and moving treadmill training. The control group received foot drop stimulator training. Both groups received consecutive treatment for 3 weeks, five times a week, and every single time lasted for 30 minutes. Before and after the treatment, a gait watch three-dimensional gait analysis system was used to measure and record the maximum angles of flexion of the affected side's hip, knee, and ankle; the pace; the step length asymmetry; the iEMG of the tibialis anterior muscle; the functional ambulation category; and Ashworth's modified spasticity classification of the gastrocnemius. Results: After treatment, in the two groups, the maximum angles of flexion of the affected side's hip, knee, and ankle improved, the pace increased, the step length asymmetry decreased, the iEMG of the tibialis anterior muscle increased, the functional ambulation category improved, and Ashworth's modified spasticity classification of the gastrocnemius decreased, but the above changes in the test group were better than those in the control group. The difference is statistically significant ( Conclusions: The combination treatment of the foot drop stimulator and moving treadmill can significantly improve stroke patients' foot gait and promote the normalization of hip flexion, knee flexion, and ankle flexion. It can increase the pace, significantly reduce the step length asymmetry, reduce the muscle tone of the gastrocnemius, and improve walking function.
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