A comparative study to analyse the effect of stair gait training versus varied over ground walking training for dynamic balance and walking ability in stroke patients - rct

Objectives: To study the effect of stair gait training for dynamic balance and walking ability in stroke patients. To study the effect of varied over ground training for dynamic balance and walking ability in stroke patients. To compare the effect of stair gait training vs varied over ground training for dynamic balance and walking ability in stroke patients. Methods: Cross Sectional Study design assigned by convenient samplingwith30 Subjects in each group. Outcome Measure: BBS, 5 METER WALK TEST, TUG test LEFS. Results: stair gait training for dynamic component in BBS score42.73 – 51.40(8.67mean differences) and in varied over ground training BBS score is 38.35- 46.73 (8.37 mean differences) which mean differences shows the both are statistically significant and highly significant in stair gait training as well as in LEFS score. Conclusion: Stair gait training and varied over ground training shows significant improvement in dynamic balance, gait speed and lower limb function activity. Dynamic balance and lower limb functional activity shows more improvement in stair gait training. In gait speed for TUG Test, and 5 Meter Walk Test shows equally improvement in both the training group.