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EFFECTS OF NEUROFACILITATION TREATMENT ON ABILITY TO WALK IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AFTER STROKE HEMIPARESIS
Sažetak
One of the main causes of the stroke patients immobility
is gait impairement. A gait disturbance presents clinically as
balance problems, slower walking speed, reducing the step
length and the gait cycle, and the asymmetrical gait pattern.
They all reduce the patient’s ability to perform everyday
activities and result in the patient’s dissatisfaction with the
quality of their life. The aim of this study is to determine the
effect of the neurofacilitaton programme on balance and gait
of 20 subjects diagnosed with stroke by magnetic resonance
imaging andsuffering from hemiparesis, classified as
level 3 according to the Medical Research Council paresis
classification, at least 3 months after the stroke.
The effects of the treatment programmes were compared
by the Berg Balance Scale, the Timed Up and Go Test and
goniometric measurements of active dorsiflexion of the foot,
flexion and extension of the knee (Active Range of Motion -
AROM). The study showed a statistically significant effect
of the neurofacilitation treatment on all the variables (83.4%
variables had statistically significant results, 15 out of 18),
except on three variables (TUGT, BERG3 and BERG11)
(p>0.05) relating to complex activities, such as getting up,
walking, rotation, and sitting down.
Results obtained in this study showed a significant
contribution of the neurofacilitation programme to almost
all the variables of the static and dynamic balance as the
basis of the gait function.
Ključne riječi
stroke; neurofacilitation programme; balance; gait
Hrčak ID:
213752
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Datum izdavanja:
30.8.2018.
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