Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

EFFECT OF ARM TRAINING IN STANDING ON POSTURAL CONTROL AND BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STROKE.

Dr. Chaitali Shah

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 Introduction: The majority of interventions post stroke typically target isolated impairments or functional limitations. Training the arm and postural control in isolation, may not restore integrated functional use necessary for independent skilled performance of activities of daily living. Explicit cues only for the arm during training in standing with no cueing for postural control to facilitate an implicit learning process for the Postural Control and Balance. Purpose: Arm training in standing improves postural control and balance in Individual with chronic Stroke. Methods – 32 participants (mean age 64 ± 7) received training involving hand grasp, reach and release in standing 1 hour, 3days/week for 6 weeks. Training focused on task completion with no explicit instructions provided for postural alignment, weight shift or balance strategy. Testing consisted of PASS, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Activities–specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC). Result– Mean Difference in score of PASS 3.59, in BBS score by 4.25 and in ABC 2.81 suggest that it is significantly improved after intervention. Conclusions—Postural control improved following task oriented arm training in standing without explicit postural control goals, instruction or feedback challenging current training paradigms of isolated postural control training with conscious attention directed to center of pressure location and movement.

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Dr.Chaitali Shah, EFFECT OF ARM TRAINING IN STANDING ON POSTURAL CONTROL AND BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC STROKE., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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