EFFECTS OF VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION ON POSTURAL STABILITY AND GAIT PERFORMANCE IN ANTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE PATIENTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIA

faculty of physicl therapy cairo university0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 2018年7月29日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

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•1- Patients diagnosed as anterior circulation stroke either Ischemic or hemorrhagic insult in MCA territory diagnosed by neurologist and confirmed by CT and or MRI.
•2- First time stroke
•3- Adults aged range from 43 to 69 yrs old.
•4- Ability to stand unassisted for 30 seconds and ability to walk with or without support at least 30 m
•5- Ability to communicate and understand instructions as indicated by a Mini-Mental Status Examination.
•6- Mild to moderate balance impairment score of Berg Balance Scale [BBS] was =21 and =40according to a predictive cut off value which defined as the risk of independent safe ambulation.

•1- Infratentorial or post circulation stroke (brainstem or cerebellar, vertebrobasilar)
•2- •patients with vestibular symptoms like vertigo or dizziness.
•3- •Patients with other neurologic problems unrelated to stroke hemiparesis which can affect balance ability.
•4- •Significant medical or psychiatric illness, motor apraxia and sensory aphasia.
•5- •Lower limb orthopedic disorders, musculoskeletal complication like joint contracture that would affect the ability to walk safely or sever weight bearing pain.
•6- •Patients who will not provide informed consent for study participation.

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faculty of physicl therapy cairo university