1Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Shinsung University, Daehak-ro, Jeongmimyeon, Dangjin-si, Chungcheonam-do, 318-01, Republic of Korea
2Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Sangji University, 83, Sangjidae-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
*Corresponding Author: Byung-Il Yang, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Sangji University, Korea. Email: bobathyang@naver.com
Online published on 24 April, 2019.
In this study, we assessed the effects of task application after hand intrinsic muscle treatment on decreasing unilateral spatial neglect in stroke patients.
20 subjects with stroke patients participated. Subjects were randomly divided into task application after hand intrinsic muscle treatment group (n=10) and common upper extremity task group (n=10) both therapy was applied for 30mins in a day and 5 times in a week for 2 weeks. The Albert's test, Line bisection test was used to evaluate unilateral spatial neglect by paretic side(left) in stroke patients. To compare the treatments, we used paired t-test and independent sample t-test.
The task application after hand intrinsic muscle treatment group and common upper extremity task group showed statically significant differences before and after unilateral spatial neglect. The experimental group showed a more significant difference compared with the control group when Albert's test, Line bisection test.
The task application after hand intrinsic muscle treatment was more effective in unilateral spatial neglect of stroke patients than in reaching treatment.
Stroke, task application, hand intrinsic muscle treatment, Unilateral spatial neglect, left hemiplegia
