Effect of PNF Resistive Gait Training and Agility Training in Gait and QOL on Post Stroke Survivors A Comparative Study

INTRODUCTION Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation PNF is an integrated approach that treats an individual as a whole person, rather than merely focusing on a body segment5. Methods of improving stroke patients' gait function include proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation PNF . This method stimulates proprioceptive organs in muscles and tendons to improve functions, OBJECTIVE To find out the Effect of PNF Gait Resistance Training and Agility Training on Gait and QOL on CVA Survivors .HYPOTHESIS To improve gait using PNF resistive gait training To improve gait using Agility Training To compare the effect of PNF and agility on gait parameters To evaluate and compare the effect of PNF resistive gait training and Agility Training on QOLDESIGN Pre test and post test experimental study. PARTICIPANTS a total of 60 number of 20 in each group subjects were recruited from Swami vivekanda national institute of rehabilitation Training and Research according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subjects were recruited with convenient sampling in three different groups after getting the consent formMAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Gait Parameters Cadence Step Length Stride Length Velocity WHO QOL BREFRESULTS there was a significant difference between p 0.09stride.p 0.11cadence.p 0.06 step.p 0.07velocity. Cadence stride velocity in post to pre group comparison which shows there is effect of agility as well as pnf training. But agility group and pnf group shows same value, ANOVA of difference of pre and post transferred score of WHOQOL domains of all 3 groups. The PNF group has shown good difference in all domains and it has been statistically proven to be significant Sig=0.00 . The agility also has good effect on QOL as can be seen in the mean scores, the effect is slightly lesser than PNF but it is still better than conventional therapy alone. Conventional therapy though it has positive effect on QOL, the effect are minimal when compared to PNF and Agility. CONCLUSIONS Both PNF gait resistive training and agility training are effective compared to conventional therapy in improving gait in post stroke survivors. Although the outcome of this study suggested that both therapeutic approaches were effective on gait parameters, better results were attained in the group who received PNF gait resistive training. Thus my hypothesis proved. Anas Muhammed | Mr Rama Kumar Sahu | Mr Manoj Kumar Sethy "Effect of PNF Resistive Gait Training and Agility Training in Gait and QOL on Post-Stroke Survivors: A Comparative Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37947.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/37947/effect-of-pnf-resistive-gait-training-and-agility-training-in-gait-and-qol-on-poststroke-survivors-a-comparative-study/anas-muhammed