1Physiotherapist, Sri Jayendra Saraswathy Medical college& Hospital,
2Professor and Principal, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Chennai
3Professor, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Chennai
4Head, School of Physiotherapy, Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College, Malaysia
Online published on 19 June, 2015.
Devisingequipment for postural rehabilitation where the subjects can rehearse the movements withminimal physiotherapist guidance is must.
Determine the effectof "Trunk Dissociation Retrainer" (TDR) in improving balance and gait in hemiplegia.
In this single blinded randomised control trial,56subjects were equally allotted by Simple random sampling into TDRGroup and Control group(CG). Berg balance scale(BBS) and Gait velocity(GV) were usedas outcome measure.
Both groups were homogeneous at baseline. TDR group showed statistically significant improvement in the within group analysis for bothBBSand GV with p<0.001. CG showed statistically significant improvement in the within group analysis for both BBS and GV p< 0.0001. TDR group showed statistically significant improvement than the CG in GV withp<0.001 and BBS with p<0.007.
TDR is a betteralternative tool in improving balance and gait in hemiplegia as compared to manual techniques.
Trunk Dissociation Retrainer, Trunk Training, Gait, Balance, Hemiplegia
