A Comparative Study on Effectiveness of Motor Imaginary Technique on Improving Upper Limb Function in Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke

Abstract

Study objective: The effectiveness of motor imaginary technique in middle cerebral artery stroke.
Participants: 30 subjects age of 40-55 years with middle cerebral artery stroke patients were selected under purposive sampling technique and assigned in 2 groups with 15 subjects each one group received conventional physiotherapy and other group received conventional physiotherapy with motor imaginary technique for a period of 4weeks.
Outcomes: Fugl-meyer scale is to measure functional outcome before and after treatment.
Procedure: The subjects of both control group and experimental group were involved for pre test assessment by fugl- meyer assessment scale (hand component).
The subjects of control group were given conventional physiotherapy and experimental group were given conventional physiotherapy and motor imaginary technique. The treatment was given for 1 hour for a period of 4 weeks as 5 days per week, one session per day.
Aim: To find out the effectiveness of motor imaginary technique on Improving upper limb function in middle cerebral artery stroke.
Results: Patients in experimental group shows significantly better performance than control group.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that motor imaginary technique is a promising intervention for improving functional activity of affected upper limb in middle cerebral artery patients.