Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 152-159
Effectiveness of Intense Sensory Motor Stimulation on Improving Functional Recovery in Post Stroke Individuals
V. Ramamoorthy
Professor and Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PSG IMS&R Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Rehabilitation measures help to restore lost activities, improve quality of life and decrease the long term economic cost of stroke. Realistic goal setting, interdisciplinary team approach and the active participation of both patient and family members are important for the success of stroke rehabilitation. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of intense sensory motor stimulation, given in the form of electrical stimulation, massage and re-education exercise programme, in augmenting recovery in stroke patients.
Methods: A prospective single group pre and post test study design was conducted with a total of 29 hemiparetic patients who provided informed consent. All the participants received the therapeutic measures of electrical stimulation, massage and re-education exercises including gait training and ADL retraining until discharge. The Neurological and Functional recovery were measured using Scandinavian Stroke Scale score (SSS) and Functional Independence Measure score (FIM) respectively.
Results: An Analysis of variance ‘F’ Value of 37.31 and 43.94 which are significant at 0.01 level shows that there is a significant difference between scores at admission, discharge and follow up in SSS and FIM scores respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient ‘r’ value of 0.62, 0.81 and 0.97 at three time periods suggests that a moderate to strong negative correlation exists between SSS and FIM scores which are significant at 0.01 levels.
Conclusion: A significant level of neurological and functional recovery was obtained in the study group during the time of discharge and in the follow up period indicative of effectiveness of intense sensory motor stimulation in augmenting motor recovery in stroke patients.
Key words: Sensory Motor Stimulation, Functional Recovery, Stroke Patients