Effect of Relaxation Therapy on Standing Balance and Mobility among Stroke Patients

Motor impairment or unilateral weakness of the body, most commonly results from stroke in humans. Stroke is ” ˜Rapidly developing clinical signs of focal or global disturbance of cerebral function, due to ischemic or hemorrhagic injury.The purpose of study is to describe the effect of relaxation therapy on standing balance and mobility among stroke patients.Methods Study included 30 hemiplegic subjects divide in to two groups i.e, Group A Experimental and Group B Control randomly. A baseline assessment was done with outcome measures BBS and TUG test to obtain the pretest score of the subjects. After the pretest, all the subjects were undergone a therapeutic intervention. Participants in the experimental group received relaxation therapy earlier followed with conventional occupational therapy program for one hour of four sessions in a week with duration of total program for 6 weeks. The Participants in control group received only conventional occupational therapy program. After six weeks of intervention outcome measures were administered on both the groups to obtain the post score.Results This study suggests that relaxation Therapy with conventional occupational therapy can improve standing balance and mobility among stroke patients. The mean value of Berg balance scale, pre and post scores are, 42.866 and 49.733 respectively. The mean value of Time up and Go scale are, 27.094 and 15.930. On statistical analysis, the values were determined to be significant at 0.010 level for berg balance and 0.047 for time up and go scale table 5 which supports the alternate hypothesis suggesting relaxation therapy improved standing balance and mobility among stroke patients graph 1 . Conclusion This study concluded that relaxation therapy is effective in improving standing balance and mobility in Stroke patients Ravi Ranjan Kumar | Mr. Subrata Kumar Halder "Effect of Relaxation Therapy on Standing Balance and Mobility among Stroke Patients" 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/ijtsrd38210.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/38210/effect-of-relaxation-therapy-on-standing-balance-and-mobility-among-stroke-patients/ravi-ranjan-kumar