The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of core stability training on postural control and activity of daily living of hemiplegia patients who are difficult to control posture due to stroke. The subjects were consisted of 14 adult hemipl...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of core stability training on postural control and activity of daily living of hemiplegia patients who are difficult to control posture due to stroke. The subjects were consisted of 14 adult hemiplegia patients who made a diagnosis of acute stroke, and were receiving rehabilitation therapy in hospital. They were in 3 months from onset, age from 34 to 65 years old. They were treated three times per week for three weeks with core stability training, and then they were assessed by PASS for postural control of stroke patients and MBI for activities of daily living of stroke patients. PASS and MBI was tested twice before and after the 3 weeks-treatment. The data was analysed by paired-sample t-test of SPSS 12.0.
The result were summarized as follows:
(1)Core stability training for stroke patients improved both ability for maintaining a posture and adaptation in changing posture, and so which showed significant improvement of total postural control. Especially, ability for trunk control which was crucial element of acute stroke significantly improved
(2)Core stability training for stroke patients improved activity of daily living for activities of daily living, and it was statistically significant.
In conclusion, this study showed that core stability training is an effective treatment strategy on postural control and activity of daily living of stroke patients. Therefore, It could be considered as a treatment method in the rehabilitation of stroke patients with difficulty of postural control.