Effects of Habitual Walking Exercise on Physiological Cost Index in Hemiplegic Patients
歩行運動の習慣化が片麻ひ患者のPCI値に及ぼす影響

KAORI OHMACHI, HIROYASU IWATSUKI, JUNKO IWATSUKI, KIKUO SHINODA, MAYUMI TATEMATSU
1994 Journal of exercise physiology  
Longitudinal changes in walking efficiency were examined by physiological cost index (PCI) among eight hemiplegic outpatients who were instructed to perform outdoor walking of over 15 min twice a day for seven months. The initial PCI values of the patients were 0.57 ± 0.31 in comfortable walking and 0.73 ±0.38 in maximal walking, which were significantly higher than those of healthy subjects (p<0.01). After 7 month habitual exercise, the PCI values were decreased by 19.3% in comfortable walking
more » ... and by 27.4% in maximal walking. This suggests that walking efficiency of hemiplegic patients may be elevated by habitual exercise.
doi:10.1589/rika1986.9.39 fatcat:w7bluqlt5zcddmsebiveg43qcm