Title: Impact of Modified Game Based Activities in Motor Control and Functional Outcome of Stroke Patients

Biography:

This study was conducted at Sindh Institute of physical medicine and rehabilitation DOW University of health sciences.  15 patients those included were diagnosed as stroke through randomized control trial; patients having muscle grade 3, aged between 20-50, acute cases were included .All patients received conventional therapy and additional game based activities 4 days a week. Sports based therapy included Basket Ball, Balloon Bounce, Volley Ball, Cricket, and Football .These 5 activities covered with warm up and cool down exercises. Pre and post assessment is done by Fugal Mayer and Chadock scale.

Abstract

Stroke is one of the most common causes of physical disability, and early, intensive, and repetitive rehabilitation exercises are crucial to the recovery of stroke survivors. Thus, to motivate stroke survivors to engage in monotonous rehabilitation is a significant issue in the therapy process. Game-based rehabilitation systems have the potential to encourage patients continuing rehabilitation exercises

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect  of modified game based activity that improve, motor performance in stroke survivors and increased automatic learning pattern to enhance motor control