| Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of early functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling on motor function of lower extremity and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with stroke. Methods: Forty inpatients at early stage of stroke were randomized to MOTOmed training group (control group) and FES cycling group (trial group). The following outcome measurements were assessed before and after treatment: ambulation ability (Functional Ambulation Category Scale, FAC), gait and balance ability (Tinetti Balance and Gait Analysis; Berg Balance Scale, BBS), motor function of lower extremity (Fugl-Meyer assessment, FMA), ADL (Modified Barthel index, MBI). Result: After treatment for 6 weeks, the scores of FAC, Tinetti, BBS, FMA and MBI were significantly higher than the baseline (P<0.001) in both two groups, and the scores of Tinetti, BBS, FMA and MBI in the trial group were significantly higher than in the control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in scores of FAC between two groups after treatment (P>0.05). Conclusion: Both FES cycling systrem and MOTOmed Intelligent Training System could improve motor function of lower extremity in patient with early stage of stroke. And the early FES cycling training was more effective in promoting the recovery of the lower extremity motor function than MOTOmed Intelligent Training System in patients with stroke. |
