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Stroke is a global healthcare issue that causes increased death rates. Good trunk stability is essential for balance and extremity use during daily functional activities and higher-level tasks. The anticipatory activity of trunk muscles is impaired in stroke patients. The trunk is the central column of the body; therefore, proximal trunk control is a prerequisite for distal limb movement control, balance, and functional activities. The purpose of the study is to highlight the most appropriate rehabilitation technique for trunk stability.
A randomized clinical trial will be performed in which 42 patients with strokes will be included. The data will be collected from Riphah Rehabilitation center Lahore and Ittefaq hospital Lahore. Consecutive sampling technique will be used to collect data. The duration of the study will be 10 months. Trunk impairment scale and berg balance scale will be used as the data collection tool. Data collection will be started after taking informed consent from all the patients. Patients will be allocated to intervention groups by randomization. The patients in group A will be given core strengthening exercise for 4 weeks. The patient in group B will be given PNF exercise for the treatment of trunk for 4 weeks. After data collection analysis of pre and post values will be done by using SPSS version 25.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| core strengthening exercises | Experimental | Participants will be positioned in supine.
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| Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation | Experimental |
Total 30 min for 3 days a week for a total duration of 4 weeks was set as a optimal time frame duration. Each technique was given for 10 min. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| core strengthening exercises | Other | The core muscles training includes transverse abdominis, multifidus, paraspinals, quadratus lumborum, and obliques. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Berg balance scale | Changes from baseline Berg balance scale is used to objectively determine a patient's ability (or inability) to safely balance during a series of predetermined tasks. It is a 14-item list with each item consisting of a five-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 4, with 0 indicating the lowest level of function and 4 the highest level of function and takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. It does not include the assessment of gait. | 4th week |
| Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) | Changes from baseline TIS is a new tool to measure motor impairment of the trunk after stroke. The TIS evaluates static and dynamic sitting balance as well as co-ordination of trunk movement. | 4th week |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Imran Amjad, Phd | Contact | 03324390125 | imran.amjad@riphah.edu.pk |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ali Raza, MS(OMPT) | Riphah International University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ittefaq Hospital | Recruiting | Lahore | Punjab Province | 54700 | Pakistan |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 28503533 | Background | Sharma V, Kaur J. Effect of core strengthening with pelvic proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on trunk, balance, gait, and function in chronic stroke. J Exerc Rehabil. 2017 Apr 30;13(2):200-205. doi: 10.12965/jer.1734892.446. eCollection 2017 Apr. | |
| 27512254 | Background | Park SE, Moon SH. Effects of trunk stability exercise using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation with changes in chair height on the gait of patients who had a stroke. J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 Jul;28(7):2014-8. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.2014. Epub 2016 Jul 29. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020521 | Stroke |
| ID | Term |
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| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D052580 | Muscle Stretching Exercises |
| ID | Term |
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| D005081 | Exercise Therapy |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
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| Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation | Other | lower limb PNF technique along with conventional treatment i.e., Rhythmic initiation, slow reversal, stabilizing reversal, and combination of isotones. |
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| 33899701 | Background | Suh JH, Lee EC, Kim JS, Yoon SY. Association between trunk core muscle thickness and functional ability in subacute hemiplegic stroke patients: an exploratory cross-sectional study. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2022 Apr;29(3):163-172. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2021.1918840. Epub 2021 Apr 26. |
| Background | Asghar M, Fatima A, Warner S, Khan MHU, Ahmad A, Siddique K. Effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on balance in chronic stroke patients. Rawal Medical Journal. 2021;46(1):212-5 |
| 27585746 | Background | Krukowska J, Bugajski M, Sienkiewicz M, Czernicki J. The influence of NDT-Bobath and PNF methods on the field support and total path length measure foot pressure (COP) in patients after stroke. Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2016 Nov-Dec;50(6):449-454. doi: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.08.004. Epub 2016 Aug 20. |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D005791 |
| Patient Care |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D015444 | Exercise |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |