SUBJECTS AND METHODS
The participants in this study were fifteen hemiplegic patients who had been diagnosed with stroke (Table 1) who were receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment at hospital P rehabilitation center. The following were the conditions for inclusion in the study. The present study had a single-group pre-post design. All the subjects participated in a four-week six-method hip extensor strengthening exercise (HESE) program. This program was performed by a therapist manipulating the subjects for about half an hour a day in the supine position, side-lying position, and prone position on a treatment table. The HESE program comprised six steps:
1. Hip extension and posterior tilt movement;
2. Rotation extension movement of both the legs;
3. Hip joint and pelvis movement using a therapeutic ball;
4. Hip joint and pelvis movement using a therapeutic ball;
5. Hip joint extension muscle strengthening movement in
the side-lying position; and
6. Hip joint extension muscle strengthening movement in
the prone position.