Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of wearing a belt on hemiplegic patients in the rising up maneuver time. The rising up maneuver time in the single elbow support position and the center of pressure (COP) of single elbow support position with and without the belt were measured for 24 hemiplegic patients. There was no difference in the rising up maneuver time between wearing the belt and without it. COP of static subjects in the single elbow support position, total length was significantly longer with belt wearing compared to without belt wearing. The other COP parameters in static subjects and every COP in dynamic subjects showed no differences between with or without the belt. There were no differences in basic attributes and COP value between the group in which the rising maneuver time shortened and the group in which it was prolonged by wearing the belt in the single elbow support position. Therefore, it was thought that sway of hemiplegic patients' upper body was increased by wearing the belt but the ability to move the upper body was not influenced, and the rising up maneuver time wasn't changed.
