Sensorimotor Approach To Improve Balance And Functional Activity In Stroke Rehabilitation.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:  Decreased balance is a common problem associated with people following Stroke. Poor dynamic balance may hinder individual from independent walking, one of the critical factor to achieve functional independence in activities of daily living. Stroke is third leading cause of death ,long term disability which can be regarded weakness , loss of muscle tone ,generalized fatigue ,loss of voluntary control or limitation in mobility ,loss of balance,loss of functional activity  along with sensory and cognitive dysfunction.  Sensorimotor approach mainly focused on to improve functional activity and regain balance

after Stroke.

AIM: Sensorimotor approach to improve balance and functional activity in Stroke Rehabilitation.  

Methods: Data is collected by Principal investigator with all patients of Stroke referred for PT by Department of Medicine with clinical diagnosis of Stroke. Study design is Randomized Controlled Trial with Pre and Post experimental study.

Result: All 74 patient were assessed with SD using Chi-square test, Student’s paired an unpaired‘t’ test ,Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann Whitney  U test comparison is taken from all data.

Conclusion :After intervention with outcome measures experimental group shows more improvement in Tone, balance as well as Quality of movement than control group ,all the measurement shows  Berg balance scale ,FIM and as well as MASS significant improvement.