EFFICACY OF ERIGO TILT-TABLE AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSIOTHERAPY ON REHABILITATION OUTCOME WITHIN HAEMORRHAGIC AND ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS

Abstract

Background: Stroke, either haemorrhagic or ischemic in nature, has the ability to culminate in devastating clinical outcomes thus effective rehabilitation is needed. Objective: To analyze the efficacy of Erigo tilt-table over conventional physiotherapy between ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients. Methods: A total of 110 haemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients (age [Formula: see text] years, [Formula: see text] days after stroke) were assigned randomly into four groups, haemorrhagic conventional physiotherapy group ([Formula: see text]), haemorrhagic Erigo tilt-table group ([Formula: see text]), ischemic conventional physiotherapy group ([Formula: see text]) and ischemic Erigo tilt-table group ([Formula: see text]). The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Mini Mental Scale Examination (MMSE), Modified Ashworth Scale, Quality of Life (QOL) and muscle strength outcomes were assessed at baseline, after the intervention (30th) and on 90th day of follow up. Results: In haemorrhagic Subjects, Erigo tilt-table patients had significant improvement ([Formula: see text]) in outcome variables NIHSS, Ashworth, QOL, absolute upper and lower limb strength except for MMS as compared to Conventional Physiotherapy Group. Whereas in ischemic Subjects, there was no statistically significant difference between both groups([Formula: see text]) on 30th as well as on 90th day comparison. Conclusions: Erigo tilt-table training are found to be effective than conventional physiotherapy in haemorrhagic stroke whereas in ischemic stroke both the interventions are equally effective.