Year: 2023 | Month: December | Volume: 13 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 174-180
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231222
Comparative Study on Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and Ankle Foot Orthosis in Foot Drop
Abhinaba Lahiri1, Shyamal Koley2
1Head of Clinical Operations, Mission Walk Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Centre, Aryamitra Qube, 3rd Floor, Road No.-9, Alkapoor Township, Raghavendra Colony, Manikonda Jagir, Telengana – 500089, India.
2Professor, Associate Dean and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Allied Health Sciences, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali 143003, Punjab, India.
Corresponding Author: Abhinaba Lahiri
ABSTRACT
Background: Foot drop is the first and foremost signs and symptoms of brain stroke; it is a dire need for immediate correction of it. Most of the time when foot drop has been overlooked and ignored it becomes irreversible and hinders in gait and active daily life (AD) which brings our concern for immediate interventions in correction of foot drop with neuromuscular electrical stimulation and foot drop.
Materials and Methods: A total of sixteen patients with a diagnosis of brain stroke leading to foot drop were selected for the present study. The patients were further divided into two groups. The patients of group-A received neuromuscular electrical stimulation and conventional exercise, whereas the patients of group-B received conventional exercise with ankle foot orthosis.
Results: The mean age, height, weight, and Body Mass Index (BMI) of patients treated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation was (51.50±14.75), (162.92±8.99), (65.12±9.08) and (24.54±2.91) respectively and that of ankle foot orthosis was (45.12±18.00), (168.67±6.17), (64.75±17.05) and (22.56±5.16) respectively. These observations were statistically significant with (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is more efficient in correction of foot drop due to stroke than that of ankle foot orthosis.
Key words: Stroke, Foot Drop, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation