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Effect of Knee joint Mulligan taping on balance in Stroke patients


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Authors
Simin Bhulani & Geeta Bhatt
Publisher
Iosr Journal
Publishing Date
01-Aug-2020
volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
31-34

Purpose: This study was aimed at determining the effect of Knee joint Mulligan Taping on balance in Stroke patients. Subjects: 15 ambulatory Stroke patients were included in the study. Mulligan taping was applied on the knee joint of the hemiplegic side (n=15). MiniBESTscale(13) and TUG test(14) were used to assess their static and dynamic balance as well as gait speed. Both tests were performed pre and post taping. Results: There was a significant improvement in the TUG test(14) (100%) of the patients. Other components like one leg standing, standing on foam surface with eyes open and closed, standing on inclined foam surface also showed significant improvement. Other components showed less significant improvement. Conclusion: The results showed that Mulligan taping is effective in improving static and dynamic balance in ambulatory stroke patients. Thus, this method is potentially significant for rehabilitation of Hemiplegic patients.

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