Moreover, in a study of the effects of gradual resistance movement on the leg muscle, involving twenty chronic stroke patients, gradual resistance movement by centripetal and centrifugal movement was conducted for eight weeks19). As measured by computed tomography, there was a decline in hypoderm and the amount of body fat and an increase in midthigh muscle area of the femoral region19). There was also an increase of the femoral muscles of about 9.0±4.5%, and of gait velocity of about 48%19).