A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON QUANTITY OF CAREGIVER SUPPORT FOR UPPER LIMB FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN POST STROKE

Background: Stroke is the major cause of disability more than 70% of individuals experience upper limb paresis post stroke. Use of the upper limb is vital to the completion of many activities of daily living and health-related quality of life. Increased time spent in therapy improves outcome of the upper limb in post stroke. Objectives: To find optimal quantity of caregiver support in stroke rehabilitation to improve upper limb functio n. Materials and Methods: A comparative study with pre and post design carried out at the Rehabilitation unit of ESI, KCG Hospital and Padmashree clinic, Bangalore. 30 subjects including both gender with sub-acute stroke w ere ran- domly divided into three groups. Intervention: Subjects of Experimental group A, were treated with GRASP protocol by caregiver for 90 minutes and Conventional Physiotherapy, subjects of Experimental Group B were treated with GRASP protocol by caregiver for 60 minutes and Conventional Physiotherapy and subjects in Con- trol Group C were treated with Conventional Physiotherapy only. Results: In all the three groups, statistically it was found that the pre-post assessment score using descriptive statistical analysis were significant (p