In stroke patients, task-related walking training is considered a key component of post-stroke rehabilitation. Task-related walking training is based on the fact that if one wants to learn to walk, then walking training must be performed. Therefore, although task-related walking training is recommended in stroke patients, different measures of implementation of task-related walking training after stroke need to be compared. In conclusion, previous studies have not given a clear conclusion as to which type of walking training is superior in post-stroke patients. Therefore, in order to compare the effects of a motor learning-based ground-based walking program versus weight-reduced running table walking training in patients within one year of stroke, Professor DePaul et al. from McMaster University, Canada, designed a study and published the results in the August 2014 online issue of Neurorehabil Neural Repair. The results of the study were published online in the August 2014 issue of Neurorehabil Neural Repair. The study was a rater-blinded, 1:1 parallel randomized controlled study in which subjects were stratified according to their walking speed at entry. Subjects were randomized into two groups, one for the motor learning walking training program, in which subjects performed various ground-based walking exercises under the supervision of a physical therapist. The other group was the weight loss walking training group, in which the program emphasized repetitive normal gait training on a running platform with the assistance of 1-3 therapists. The primary outcome of this study was the post-intervention assessment of walking speed. A total of 71 stroke patients with a mean duration of 20.9 weeks and a mean age of 67.3 years were included in this study. These subjects were randomized into two groups, 35 in the MLWP group and 36 in the BWSTT group. After the intervention, there was no significant difference in walking speed between the two groups of subjects. Walking speed improved by 0.14 m/s after training in both groups. The results of this study point out that in patients living in the community within one year after stroke, ground-based walking training was not more effective than weight loss running table walking training when the frequency and periodicity of training was consistent, but both training protocols improved patients’ walking speed.