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- Title
Uso de prancha de baixo custo para avaliação do equilíbrio de indivíduos hemiparéticos.
- Authors
dos Santos Barbosa, Ana Caroline; Prudente Dias, Caroline; Araújo da Paixão, Marta Caroline; da Rocha Corrêa, Regina; Salgado de Oliveira Rocha, Larissa
- Abstract
Introduction: In hemiparesis the inadequate weight-bearing in the lower limbs generate balance deficits, and balance planks are essential for evaluation. Objective: To verify the clinical applicability of a low-cost board and the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) in the assessment of balance and weight distribution in the lower limbs of hemiparetic patients. Methods: A pilot, cross-sectional, quantitative, technological innovation study carried out an evaluation of 21 individuals affected by stroke with a low-cost plank. Results: Ischemic stroke and right hemiparesis were predominant. In the evaluation with the plank, participants with right hemiparesis unloaded more weight in the hindfoot region, with both feet together and hip width, while those with left hemiparesis showed differences in positions, with feet together, as most unloaded the weight in the forefoot region, while with feet hip width unloaded in the hindfoot region. As for the assessment by BBS, the functional activities that needed more support obtained lower averages; however, there was no statistically significant correlation with the positions on the board. Conclusion: Health assessment using the low-cost plank can be an important tool to identify changes in balance and carry out appropriate interventions, however it does not correlate with Berg Balance Scale.
- Subjects
BODY weight; DIFFUSION of innovations; POSTURAL balance; HEMIPLEGIA; COST analysis; PILOT projects; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method; STROKE patients
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 5, p446
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/fb.v21i5.3911