1IInd yr MPT, Neurophysiotherapy, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy
2HOD, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, PIMS, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author: Arnav Chakraborty, IInd yr MPT, Neurophysiotherapy, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, PIMS, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. Email-arnav.ckb@gmail.com, Phone-9420900612
Online published on 17 October, 2016.
Good trunk stability is essential for balance and extremity use during daily functional activities and performance of higher level motor tasks. It is the ability of trunk muscles to allow the body to remain upright, adjust weight shifts and perform selective movements of trunk that maintains base of support during static and dynamic postural adjustments.
To study the effects of Swiss ball exercises on sitting balance and trunk coordination in stroke patients.
15 medically stable stroke patients able to independently sit for 30 seconds or longer over a stable surface, able to perform exercises for 30 min or longer, able to follow simple verbal instructions and having a score of more than 25 in Berg Balance were included. Included subjects participated in Swiss Ball exercise protocol 5 times per week for 6 weeks.
Trunk Impairment Scale [TIS].
Paired ‘t’ test was used to find out significance of differences in pre-and post-values of TIS. Two-tailed P-value of difference between pre-and post-values of static sitting balance, dynamic sitting balance, trunk co-ordination and TIS (total) was less than 0.0001 (P<0.0001), considered extremely significant.
Swiss ball exercises are effective in improving sitting balance and trunk coordination in stroke patients.
Stroke, Swiss ball exercises, Static Sitting Balance, Dynamic Sitting balance, Trunk Coordination, Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS)
