1Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
2Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College, Centre of Basic Sciences, Bejai, Mangalore 575004, Karnataka, India
Online published on 29 February, 2012.
Trunk performance is important for functional outcome and also an predicator for activities of daily living after stroke. Swiss ball training is superior to ground based exercise in their ability to recruit trunk muscles by increasing their demand and trunk balance on healthy individuals and athletes. However retrievable literature evidences for Swiss ball training on trunk performance is not available in stroke population.
To evaluate trunk performance on Swiss ball training after stroke.
An assessor blinded,quasi-experimental study design.
Physiotherapy Department of Kasturba Medical College and hospital,Mangalore,Manipal University.
Twelve subjects having first ever unilateral stroke who can able to sit on a stable surface independently for one minute were recruited.
In addition to conventional physiotherapy all the study subjects received 10 hours of individual and supervised trunk exercises on Swiss ball;45 minutes with adequate rest periods 10–15 minutes, 6 times a week, for 3 weeks.
Trunk performance was evaluated by Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) by Verheyden.
Post intervention the study group has shown a improvement in TIS score. A significant improvement was seen in dynamic balance and coordination subscales and also in total score (p value <0.05) of TIS.
Training on Swiss ball improve trunk performance after stroke.
Stroke, Trunk performance, Trunk control, Swiss ball
