A comparative study on effectiveness of movement based treatment and bobath technique and in MCA stroke patients

INTRODUCTION : New developments in stroke treatment included changes in stroke care and the necessity to concentrate this care in specialized and well organized manner. In terms of rehabilitation different approaches focus on the modification of impairment and improvement in function within everyday activities. A number of different physiotherapy approaches e.g. Bobath approach, Motor Re-learning approach, Brunnstrom, Rood approach, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation have been developed based on different ideas about how people recover after a stroke. OBJECTIVES : A Comparative study on effectiveness of movement based treatment and Bobath Technique on MCA Stroke Patients. DESIGN: Pre-test, post-test two group experimental study design. PARTICIPANTS : Thirty subjects aged 40-55 years with middle cerebral artery stroke patients were selected under purposive sampling technique and assigned in two groups with 15 subjects each,one group received bobath based technique and other group received movement based treatment for a period of 4weeks. INTERVENTION : Bobath based and movement based treatment is given to middle cerebral artery stroke patients for 30 minutes per day. OUTCOME MEASURES : Functional independence measure scale is used to measure functional outcome before and after treatment. RESULT : There is significant difference in functional independence between patients receiving bobath technique and movement based treatment. CONCLUSION : It can concluded that there is significant difference in functional independence of both groups in middle cerebral artery stroke patients