| Objective: To investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on cardiovascular and motor function of patients with cerebral infarction in early stage. Methods: Sixty patients with cerebral infarction in early stage were randomly divided into 2 groups: control and treatment groups. There were 30 patients in each group. All of the patients were treated with general rehabilitation medicine, and the patients in the treatment group were prescribed aerobic training using sitting MOTOmed viva2. After one month of treatment, the heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation of blood, size of resistance, and feeling of subjective fatigue of each group were observed. And the strength of quadriceps muscle, muscle tension of quadriceps, triceps, hamstrings, and scores of lower extremity Fugl-Meyer motor function were measured as well. Results: Blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation of blood, and the muscle tension of quadriceps, triceps and hamstrings had no significant difference between two groups after one-month treatment, and also between pre-treatment and post-treatment in both groups (P>0.05). After treatment, the feelings of subjective fatigue in two groups were both reduced, and significantly lower in the treatment group than the control group (P<0.05). The size of resistance, strength of quadriceps muscle, and lower extremity Fugl-Meyer motor function were increased post-treatment as compared with those pre-treatment in each group, and in the treatment group, they were greater than the control group after treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion: Treadmill cardio is safe and reliable to patients with infarction in early stage, and may improve their motor function. |
