EFFECT OF MOTOR IMAGERY ON EXTREMITY MUSCLE TONE AND FUNCTIONAL TASK PERFORMANCE AMONG STROKE PATIENTS

NAMITA JAWALE; PREETI GAZBARE; TUSHAR PALEKAR

Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2017

EFFECT OF MOTOR IMAGERY ON EXTREMITY MUSCLE TONE AND FUNCTIONAL TASK PERFORMANCE AMONG STROKE PATIENTS

Namita Jawale, Preeti Gazbare, Tushar Palekar

Abstract :

Stroke is a rapidly developing clinical signs of focal disturbance of cereal function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer with no apparent cause other than of vascular origin�. Upper limb hemiparesis is widely reported along with affection of ADL and QOL. In Mental practice clients repeatedly �rehearse� a motor act in working memory, without producing any overt motor output. 30 stroke patients with MMSE Score >24, Brunnstrom Stage 2–4(hand), MIQ Score above 4 were selected and group of 15 each was formed. Group A received Motor Imagery training while other received Conventional physiotherapy 3 times/3 weeks. Assessment was done by using Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory and Modified Ashworth�s Scale. Results shows p value of 0.912 i.e no statistical significance was found between the groups. Thus Motor Imagery can be used as adjunct to conventional physiotherapy for enhancing functional performance in stroke patients.