2000 Volume 27 Issue 6 Pages 192-198
The fractures of the femoral neck of senior persons have a lot of complications and exert some influences on the abilities to walk after the fractions. We tried the total treatment with the postural reflex and realized early independent walk among the patients.
We examind the effects of the treatment in relation to the muscular strength and balance.
The subjects were senior persons with the fractures of the femoral neck, and they also had some complications; dementia, pain of the knee, being bedridden, incomplete paralysis of the lower limbs and chronic rheumatism. They were able to walk independently 2 to 4 weeks after the initiation of the treatment, and we examined the muscle strength of lower limbs, the distance of movement of balance and walking velocity.
The extension muscle strength of the hip joints was maximum and had some relations to the walking velocity. The value of right and left of the dynamic standing posture had a relation to the walking velocity. The results suggest that not only the muscle strength of the lower limbs but also the reaction of the muscle in the postural reflex is important.
