The Influence of Early Extensor Rehabilitation Therapy on the Functional Recovery of Hemiplegic Upper Limbs During the Recovery Period of Cerebral Infarction

Shanshan Lu, Shunying Lei, Ming Qu, Kai Wang, Xinhui Zhang

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¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Suzhou BOE Hospital, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China,

CNR 2025 , 3(4), 49–54; https://doi.org/10.26689/cnr.v3i4.13438

© 2025 by the Authors. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Abstract

Objective: To explore the effect of early extensor rehabilitation therapy in patients with upper limb hemiplegia during the recovery period of cerebral infarction. Method: A total of 78 patients with upper limb hemiplegia during the recovery period of cerebral infarction were included as the research subjects and all received treatment in our hospital from January 2024 to December 2024. The groups were grouped by double-blind method, with 39 cases in each group. The control group and the observation group received early flexor rehabilitation treatment and early extensor rehabilitation treatment respectively. The upper limb function and self-care ability of the two groups before and after treatment were compared. Result: After the intervention, the upper limb motor function score of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, P < 0.05; After treatment, the Barthel index of the observation group was significantly increased compared with that before treatment, and there was a significant difference compared with the control group, P < 0.05. Conclusion: The implementation of early extensor rehabilitation therapy for patients in the recovery period of cerebral infarction with hemiplegia of the upper limbs can effectively promote the recovery of upper limb function and improve their self-care ability in life, which is worthy of clinical promotion.

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