Analysis of the Impacts of Task-oriented Backward Walking Training on the Gross Motor Function and Balance Ability of Children with Hemiparesis

All this information out there on backward walking and no one in stroke is smart enough to put this all together in a protocol?  WHAT STROKE 'LEADER' DO I REAM OUT FOR COMPLETE INCOMPETENCY? It took me 1 minute to find this.

Effect of backward walking treadmill training on walking capacity after stroke: a randomized clinical trial 2005

Effects of partial body weight support while training acute stroke patients to walk backwards on a treadmill-a controlled clinical trial using randomized allocation 2010

A backward walking training program to improve balance and mobility in acute stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial 2018 

Comparison of forward walking and backward walking in stroke hemiplegia patients focusing on the paretic side 2017

 

Effect of backward walking treadmill training on walking capacity after stroke:a randomized clinical trial 2014

The latest here:

 Analysis of the Impacts of Task-oriented Backward Walking Training
on the Gross Motor Function and Balance Ability of Children with
Hemiparesis

Seung-Jun Oh, PT, PhD*1
*1Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Nursing & Health, Kyungwoon University, Republic of Korea
Purpose  

This study would test if backward walking is an effective exercise program that helps the recovery of the function of children with hemiparesis by combining backward walking with taskoriented gait training Methods This study was conducted from June 6 through July 15, 2022. After asking the child and guardians for consent to research, evaluation and exercise intervention were applied. The same evaluation (GMFM: Gross Motor Function Measure, PBS:
Pediatric Balance Scale) was conducted in 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks after the first intervention to finish the research.  

Result  

After task oriented backward walking training, gradual ascending trends could be found in pre-evaluation, evaluation after 4 weeks, evaluation after 8 weeks, and evaluation after 12 weeks of Items GMFMC, D, E, and Total, and especially, there were more improvements in Items D and E deeply related to walking ability than in Item C.
Conclusion 

To sum up the above results, it is judged that taskoriented backward walking training has positive impacts on the indicators related to the walking ability of the exercise functions of children with hemiparesis.  

Conclusion  

After taskoriented backward walking training, gradual ascending trends could be found in preevaluation, evaluation after 4 weeks, evaluation after 8 weeks, and evaluation after 12 weeks of Items GMFMC, D, E, and Total, and especially, there were more improvements in Items D and E deeply related to walking ability than in Item C. The improvement of lower limb function led to that of balance ability, and it was possible to see an improvement in PBS score as well.