Volume 27, Issue 137, July 2023

Impact of physiotherapy rehabilitation in functional recovery of the patient following hemiplegic stroke: A case report

Saivikas M^1♦, Harshal Ramteke²

¹Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
ORCID: 0000-0001-6658-0405

^♦Corresponding author
Post Graduate Student, Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

A stroke is commonly defined as a neurological dysfunction due to abrupt vascular damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Ischemic stroke develops because of a thrombotic or embolic episode that lowers blood flow to the brain. To avoid harming the brain and worsening the outcome, intervene as soon as possible. The main aim of this case study is to explain the rehabilitation process following the episode of a stroke in order to gain early recovery and functional independence for the patient. Here a 75-year-old man complained of weakness in his right upper and lower extremities, as well as a deviation of his mouth angle and slurred speech since 8 days. He was diagnosed with right hemiplegic stroke after further investigations including Computed Tomography (CT scan) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and was managed conservatively. He was then referred to the neuro-physiotherapy department for further management. He was started with physiotherapy rehabilitation which was planned for 12 weeks which aimed for functional recovery of the patient following stroke and to gain functional independence. During this rehabilitation program patient gained affected upper limb control, upper and lower limb strength, basic functional mobility, improvement in gait, dynamic and static standing balance following episode of stroke.

Keywords: Physiotherapy rehabilitation, stroke rehabilitation, pnf approach, ischemic stroke, stroke

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e311ms3117

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i137/e311ms3117

Published: 24 July 2023