• Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, the First People’s Hospital of Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P. R. China;
HUANG Zhidong, Email: winterhzd@163.com
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Objective To investigate the effect of virtual scene simulation training combined with midium frequency impulse electrotherapy on upper limb function and daily living ability of hemiplegia patients.Methods From March to October 2019, 50 hemiplegic patients were recruited and randomly assigned to the trial group and the control group, with 25 patients in each group. The control group was given routine rehabilitation training, while the trial group was given virtual scene simulation training and medium frequency impulse electrotherapy on the basis of routine rehabilitation training. The Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremities (FMA-UE), Simple Test for Evaluating Hand Function (STEF), and Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were used to assess patients’ upper limb function and daily living ability before treatment and after 8 weeks of treatment.Results Before treatment, the FMA-UE, STEF, and MBI scores of the trial group vs. the control group were 22.88±5.18 vs. 23.44±6.26, 40.12±4.82 vs. 41.44±4.54, and 51.40±7.29 vs. 48.60±7.00, respectively, and none of the between-group differences was statistically significant (P>0.05); after 8 weeks of treatment, the FMA-UE, STEF, and MBI scores of the two groups were 39.48±6.35 vs. 33.52±6.53, 59.08±7.54 vs. 52.52±5.83, and 71.00±8.78 vs. 62.40±9.37, respectively, and all of the between-group differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). After 8 weeks of treatment, the FMA-UE, STEF and MBI scores of the two groups of patients were significantly improved compared with those before treatment (P<0.05), and the improvement of each score of the trial group was significantlybetter than that of the control group (P<0.05). No stroke recurrence, electric burn, or other adverse reactions occurred in the two groups after treatment. Conclusion Virtual scene simulation training combined with midium frequency impulse electrotherapy can effectively improve the upper limb function of patients with hemiplegia and improve their quality of life.

Citation: ZHU Dongyan, XU Qian, WANG Liang, ZHAI Jiajia, HAN Zhenzhen, CAO Hui, ZHOU Sanlian, HUANG Zhidong. Effect of virtual scene simulation training combined with midium frequency impulse electrotherapy on upper limb function of hemiplegic patients. West China Medical Journal, 2021, 36(5): 613-616. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202002061 Copy

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