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To Study the effect of Task Oriented Intervention on Walking Distance, Speed and Balance efficiency in Post Stroke Patients
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Subjects: 30 individuals with a residual Walking deficit within one year of a first or recurrent stroke consented to participate.
Interventions: The experimental intervention comprised 5 functional task designed to increase the strength of the lower extremities and enhance walking balance, speed and distance. Both the group received treatment 5 days a week for three weeks.
Main measures: Six-minute walk test (SMWT), 5-m walk, Berg Balance Scale, timed 'up and go'.
Results: At baseline, subjects in the experimental (n_/15) and control (n_/15) groups walked an average distance of 152 mtsThere was statistically significant increase in the distance covered by the experimental group median152 to 208 mts.There was statistically significant difference in speed in five mts walk test. The experimental group showed increase in the median from 0.55m/s to 0.71m/ s.Experimental group showed statistically significant reduction in the time taken to complete the timed Up & Go test. The median decreased to 21 from the pre intervention value of 26.
Conclusions: Study findings support that a task-orientated intervention enhances walking distance, balance and speed in the post stroke patients.
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