TRUNK DISSOCIATION RETRAINER” FOR IMPROVING BALANCE, FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GAIT IN HEMIPLEGIA.

Authors

  • ARUNACHALAM RAMACHANDRAN Physiotherapist, Sri Jayendra Saraswathy Medical college& Hospital
  • ANANDH VAIYAPURI Professor and Principal, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Chennai.
  • JAGATHEESAN ALAGESAN Professor, Saveetha College of Physiotherapy, Chennai
  • RAJKUMAR KRISHNAN VASANTHI Head, School of Physiotherapy, Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College, Malaysia.

Keywords:

Trunk Dissociation Retrainer, Trunk Training, Gait, Balance, Hemiplegia, functional activities

Abstract

Devising equipment for postural rehabilitation where the subjects can rehearse the
movements with minimal physiotherapist guidance is must. Determine the effect of
“Trunk Dissociation Retrainer” (TDR) in improving balance, functional activities and gait
in hemiplegia. In this single blinded randomised controlled trial,56subjects were equally
allotted by Simple random sampling into TDRGroup and Control group (CG). Berg
balance scale(BBS), Functional Indipendent Measure scale(FIMS)and Gait velocity(GV)
were used as outcome measures.Both groups were homogeneous at baseline. TDR
group showed statistically significant improvement in the within group analysis for BBS,
FIMSand GV with p<0.001.CG showed statistically significant improvement in the within
group analysis for BBS, FIMS and GV p< 0.0001. TDR group showed statistically
significant improvement than the CG in GVand FIMS with p<0.001 and BBS with
p<0.007. TDR is a better alternative tool in improving balance, functional activities and
gait in hemiplegia as compared to manual techniques.

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Published

30.09.2015

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ARUNACHALAM RAMACHANDRAN, ANANDH VAIYAPURI, JAGATHEESAN ALAGESAN, & RAJKUMAR KRISHNAN VASANTHI. (2015). TRUNK DISSOCIATION RETRAINER” FOR IMPROVING BALANCE, FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GAIT IN HEMIPLEGIA. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(3), 805–811. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4524

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Volume 6, Issue 3, 2015

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