Effect of unstable surface training to improve balance of stroke patients attended at CRP

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to find out the effects of Unstable Surface Training to improve balance ability of stroke patients. Objectives: To identify the effect of Unstable Surface Training to improve balance ability in stroke patients. Methodology: Single blinded; Randomized controlled trial study was used in this study. 36 stroke patients were listed from Neurology and Stroke rehabilitation unit of CRP, Savar. Both groups received conventional therapy. The subjects of the experimental group performed Unstable Surface Training (UST), 15 minutes in a session along with conventional therapy, while the control group received only conventional therapy. All subjects were evaluated with a BBS test. Results: Data was analyzed in SPSS (version 20) by using U-test, P-value was > 0.05. After observing pre-test and post-test score the significant improvement was found. Improvements were statistically significant. It has grater improvement over control group. Conclusions: Unstable Surface Training exercises along with conventional therapy are more effective than conventional therapy alone to improve balance ability of stroke patient. Key words: Stroke, balance ability, UST, Conventional therapy.