Abstract
Healthy subjects were given visual, somatosensory, and hearing stimulation and were observed for changes in movement, such as reaching, standing-to-sitting, and weight shifting during sitting. In addition, in patients with cerebrovascular disorders and right hemiplegia who were similarly stimulated, we observed a change in the stretching of the arm upwards while in the sitting position for approximately 2 min during a weight- shifting exercise. It was confirmed that this change in movement was the result of slight differences in the testing conditions between the control and experimental groups. In this study, we noticed slight changes in movement in patients with hemiplegia. Hence, an approach based on such changes in movements could be used to treat patients with hemiplegia.
