Effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) on standing balance control among post stroke patients

Abstract

Abstract Stroke is a neurological deficit that result of brain malfunction. Approximately 10% of post-stroke patients have coordination disorders while sitting, standing and walking. This coordination disorder is caused by several factors such as muscle tone, motoric, sensory, perception, balance, motion pattern, and associative reactions. Coordination disorder in posts-troke patients can be treated with Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). PNF is a method of exercise therapy that aims to facilitate the neuromuscular system by stimulating proprioceptive which in the end will be achieved coordinated ability or movement. This study aim was to determine the difference between the coordination level of the PNF exercise frequency given in post-stroke patients. This research is quasi experimental with research design two group pretest-posttest time design. The sample was 20 people with 6x and 12x PNF exercise frequency. Main measure that used is a non-equilibrium coordination test pre and post PNF exercise. The result showed Mann Whitney U test was obtained p value of 0.006 (P<0.05) which there were differences between PNF exercise frequency given in post-stroke patients.

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