EFFECT OF EMG BASED THERAPY ON STROKE PATIENT

Abstract

Stroke is one the main cause of death around the world. Only in USA, someone dies of the stroke in every 4 minutes which is an alarming condition in health sector. The upper limb malfunction is a grouping of muscular feebleness decreased adroitness, non-coordination, loss of senses and abnormalities in motor interaction, that adversely affects the action of happenings of mundane livings. Many therapies are underway to treat the stroke patients. One of them is traditional way and the other is EMG based therapy. In this research, we focused on the EMG based therapy on stroke patients and its relativity with the traditional therapy. EMG based therapy was implemented on 06 subject and it was found that EMG based therapy was significantly better traditional therapies. There has been seen great improvement in the pre-assessment and post assessment tests. Majority participants have showed significantly improved scores in postassessment tests as compared to pre-assessments test. This shows great potential of EMG therapy in stroke patients. It was also observed after therapy that patients were slightly able to perform Activities of Daily Living such as eating, drinking, bathing, writing etc. Another major benefit for this therapy was it doesn’t require any specialization. Anyone at can home with some practice can perform EMG at homes. Another advantage of this therapy was that EMG device readily available and are available at very low cost.