“EFFECT OF WIPPRACER TRAINING TO IMPROVE BALANCE IN STROKE PARTICIPANTS:A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL”

Abstract

Background: Balance capacity was dened as maintaining, achieving, or restoring a state of balance during any posture. Stroke can be ischemic and haemorrhagic and can be acute or chronic. Mainly causes altered sensations reduced muscle power and tone, reduced joint mobility and stability, balance and gait impairment. this causes paralysis of the whole body or partial body, i.e., quadriplegia, hemiplegic, hemiparesis, paraplegia, paraparesis. increase in muscle tone is responsible for the relative failure of muscle growth and may produce functional problems. deformities of the whole body affect ambulation, bed positioning, sitting, chair level activities, transfers, and standing up. The study aims to nd out the effects of wippracer training on stroke participants for benet of participants. Methods: In a 6-week intervention study, a total of 30 participants of the middle age group were diagnosed with hemiparesis. The participants were divided into two groups; group A, who received a wippracer training with a conventional exercise program and group B received a convectional exercise program. Pre and post-treatment data were collected and analysed using SPSS 22.0. Paired t-test and unpaired t-test were used to nd out the signicance of the treatment. Results: Wippracer training can be employed along with conventional exercise programs in the effective management with stroke participants in improving functional activity and balance. A signicant improvement in balance and functional activity (p<0.05) after the treatment was found in the intervention group. Conclusion: The study concluded that wippracer training can be employed along with conventional exercise programs in the effective management of participants with stroke participants in improving functional activity and balance.