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Maze Control Training on Kinesthetic Awareness in Patients with Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Hanan Hosny M Battesha1, Amir N Wadee2, Marian M Shafeek3
1Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt.
Objective:
To determine the influence of adding maze control training to the selected conventional physical therapy on kinesthetic awareness in patients with chronic stroke.
Methods:
Thirty adult patients of both genders with chronic cerebral stroke were assigned to control and experimental groups randomly: the control group (A) received the selected conventional physical therapy rehabilitation program, while the experimental group (B) received the same program as group A in addition to the maze control training. Measurements for sway index, risk of fall, and knee proprioception before and after 8 weeks of treatment (24 sessions; three times per week).
Results:
There were significant decreases of both sway index and risk of fall in both groups (p ≤ 0.001 in all measures), significant improvements of the knee proprioception in 30° and 75° in the experimental group (p value = 0.016 and ≤0.001, respectively). The in-between groups' comparison showed significant differences corresponding to both the sway index and risk of fall (p ≤ 0.001), and a significant difference in 75° (p ≤ 0.001).
Conclusion:
Adding maze control training to the selected conventional physical therapy improved the kinesthetic awareness in patients with chronic stroke.
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