Danche Vasileva^1*, Nikolai Izov², Ivan Maznev³, Daniela Lubenova⁴, Marija Mihova⁵, Velo Markovski⁶, Carmen Nistor Cseppento⁷

¹Faculty of Medical Sciences, University “Goce Delchev”, St. Krste Misirkov 10-A, 2000 Shtip, Republic of Macedonia; ²Department ”Water Sports”, Faculty of Kinesitherapy, Tourism and Sports Animation, National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski”, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria; ³Department ”Sports Medicine”, Faculty of Kinesitherapy, Tourism and Sports Animation, National Sports Academy ”Vasil Levski”, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria; ⁴Department „Kinesitherapy and Rehabilitation“, Faculty of Kinesitherapy, Tourism and Sports Animation, National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski”, Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria; ⁵Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; ⁶University Clinic of Infection Diseases, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia; ⁷Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania

AIM: The aim of the study is to evaluate the changes of the kinetic parameters of gait in patients with supratentorial unilateral stroke in the chronic period (SUSChP).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted with 67 patients with SUSChP (56 patients included in the experimental group - 32 men and 24 women, with duration of disease 7.8 ± 2.0 months, and 11 patients in the control group - 9 men and 2 women, with duration of disease 7.3 ± 1.5 months). To evaluate the changes in the gait were followed cadence of 6m and 10m and the speed of movement which are the most informative kinetic parameters. Patients in the experimental group were treated with a specialised 10-day KT, which later continued to be performed as an adapted exercise program at home for one month.

RESULTS: After applying SKTM, the highest trend towards improvement in the kinetic parameters of gait was established after the 1st month with a level of significance during treatment p < 0.001.

Citation: Vasileva D, Izov N, Maznev I, Lubenova D, Mihova M, Markovski V, Cseppento CN. Changes in Kinetic Parameters of Gait in Patients with Supratentorial Unilateral Stroke in Chronic Period. Open Access Maced J Med Sci. https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.053
Keywords: Kinetic parameters; Gait; Chronic period; Supratentorial unilateral stroke.
*Correspondence: Danche Vasileva. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University “Goce Delchev”, St. Krste Misirkov 10-A, 2000 Shtip, Republic of Macedonia. E-mail: dance.vasileva@ugd.edu.mk
Received: 03-Mar-2017; Revised: 29-Mar-2017; Accepted: 30-Mar-2017; Online first: 08-Apr-2017
Copyright: © 2017 Danche Vasileva, Nikolai Izov, Ivan Maznev, Daniela Lubenova, Marija Mihova, Velo Markovski, Carmen Nistor Cseppento. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Funding: This research did not receive any financial support.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
 

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