AN OBSERVATION ON THE CURATIVE EFFECTS OF REHABILITATION INTERVENTION OF ADJUVANT HORTICULTURAL THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKE-INDUCED UNILAT- ERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT

YAN WEN¹, LIU LIAN²，MURONG JIAYIN³, WANG ZHIJUN¹, CUI SHUYI¹, HUANG WENZHU¹

¹The fifth People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China - ²Foshan University, Foshan, China - ³Guangzhou Polytechnic College of Sports, Guangzhou, China.1000, China

Objective: This study was intended to observe the influence of rehabilitation intervention of adjuvant horticultural therapy on unilateral spatial neglect in the stroke.

Method: 46 USN patients were randomly divided into two groups: the observation group and the control group. Assessment was conducted between the corresponding treatments of two groups. FMA (Fugl-Meyer assessment) was used for the assessment of the motor function, and the modified Barthel Index or FIM (functional independence measure) was used for assessing ADL (activities of daily living). Finally, pre-therapy and post-treatment results were compared according to the assessment standards.

Results: After two groups of patients received the therapy, the scores of FMA, MBI and HAMD were of significant differ- ence (P<0.01). FIM score: the comparison of two groups before therapy (P>0.05), the pre-therapy and post-therapy comparison of the control group (P>0.05), the pre-therapy and post-therapy comparison of the observation group (P<0.01).

Conclusion: it was of great clinical significance to conduct more rehabilitation intervention for those stroke patients who suffer from the unilateral spatial neglect.