This study was to generate a description of the psychosocial adaptation process and to identify the contributing
factors to their adaptation through locomotor training in a person with chronic stroke. The participant was an
79 year old female with a left sub-cortical ischemic stroke, who reported a depression. Pre and post interviews
were analyzed using a grounded theory method to identify the stages of psychological adaptation in response to
the progression of 4 weeks BWSTT. The participant achieved her walking speed of 0.72m/s through 12 sessions
of BWSTT. Findings from the qualitative data are presented as a 5-stage model of psychological adaptation;
Distress, motivation, anxiety, trust, and outcome stages. Such psychological adaptation process was observed in
the participant, in response to the level of functional recovery of the participant. Treating psychological distress
in the first stage may be one of the factors responsible for better motor performance post BWSTT and needs
to be systematically investigated. Achieving trust stage in psychological adaptation should be considered a major
goal to accelerate functional recovery in the outcome stage of stroke rehabilitation.