4.4. Motor Coordination
stroke
STROKE
LEMOCOT was used to verify the influence of treadmill training on coordination and the impact on both lower limbs, even with the application of FES only on the paretic lower limb. The results for coordination of the paretic lower limb showed improvement only in the B-A Group, after the completion of the second protocol, when FES was used, demonstrating that the order of the protocols changed the results.However, considering the coordination of the non-paretic lower limb, the data showed improvement after both the protocols, but only when FES was included with the treadmill training. In other research, the authors reported that interventions that involve both lower limbs, such as treadmill training, improve at least the non-paretic lower limb and, consequently, develop the gait function [This difference in outcomes between groups may be due to the need for an initial period of training on the treadmill (without FES), for an individual to adapt to the gait task. In this case, the B-A Group had this moment of adaptation before using FES, and took advantage of the resource in a more satisfactory way, while the A-B Group did not receive this “advantage”. Thus, the improvement in lower limb motor coordination in the B-A Group occurred after the application of FES, but with a period of previous practical experience. The use of FES for motor relearning in stroke patients requires intensive and prolonged therapy, and this needs to be adapted to the individual to allow for increased use of the paretic limb [In this sense, the use of FES for the coordination of the paretic lower limb is still very controversial. Kautz et al. [