1Associate Professor, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Saveetha University, Chennai
2Asst Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Applied Medical Sciences College, Majmaah University, KSA
3Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy, Applied Medical Sciences College, Majmaah University, KSA
Online published on 14 December, 2015.
This study aims to find the effectiveness of “trunk dissociation retrainer” for improving trunk performance and functional activities in hemiplegia.
A total of 156hemiplegic subjects of both gender, who were aged between 40 to 75 of years, who scored 6 or more in trunk impairment scalewere randomly assigned to three groups by random number method with 52 in each group.”Trunk dissociation retrainer” group(TDR) received training using the new tool “Trunk Dissociation Retrainer” and conventional exercises, the MTD group received manual trunk dissociation training(MTD) and conventional exercises, the control group(CNT) received only the conventional exercises. Duration of intervention was 60 minutes per day, three days a week, for four weeks. Trunk impairment scale(TIS) and functional independence measure scale(FIMS) were used to measure the outcome using a blinded evaluator.
The results of the study showed that there was a significant improvement in trunk performance and functional activities in TDR group compared to the other two. There was significant improvement in MTD group than the control group in TIS scores but there were no such differences for FIMS. Conclusion-This study concludes that trunk dissociation retrainer can be a better tool for training trunk dissociation. Training in Trunk dissociation retrainer results in a significant improvement of trunk performance and functional status, in subjects with hemiplegia.
Trunk dissociation retrainer, hemiplegia, trunk impairment
