Department of Physiotherapy, Prakash, Institute of Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation and Allied Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, U.P., India
To compare the effect of advanced techniques in improving upper limb functions in patients with stroke.
Experimental design.
The active treatment took place at a clinic within the physiotherapy outpatient unit at Prakash Hospital, Noida, PIPRAMS (Greater Noida)
30 participants of either sex, fitting the inclusion criteria were assigned in two equal groups,Group I who recieved Motor Relearning Program(MRP) and Group II who received Propioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Technique(PNF). The baseline and outcome measures of ADL were taken on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM)using subsections on self-care before and after the treatment.
The results show that there is no significant differences (P>0.005) found in the distribution of age, sex and side involved between the groups. So these aspects can be considered to have no influence on the results of the present study. The conclusion of the present study is that no one technique is found to be more effective over the other Both the treatment techniques were found to improve the upper limb functions in one or the other aspect and therefore it is more beneficial if the techniques will be used in adjunct to each other for rehabilitation so that the overall all improvement could be achieved.
Stroke, MRP, PNF, FIM
