Title: Effect of Balance Training on Balance and Walking in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Objectives: Main aim of this master thesis is to assess the effect of four-week sensorimotor stimulation therapy and four-week balance training with Homebalance® in Multiple Sclerosis patients with balance disorders. Also to assess how effective these techniques are, if they are performed without any other therapy. And at the end compare them between each other. Methods: The research was conducted with 20 subjects divided in two groups of ten. These two groups differed in their balance programme. First group underwent four- week sensorimotor stimulation therapy twice a week for an hour. Second group trained at home with Homebalance® for four weeks 15-20 minutes a day. Everyone has been measured before and after therapies with Timed 25-foot walk (T25FW), Timed Up-and-Go Test (TUG) and TUG cognitive, Mini-BESTest and Berg Balance Scale, they also filled in short balance questionnaire, 12-Item Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS-12) and Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I). Data analysis was provided by Shapiro-Wilk test, Student t-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Mann-Whitney U test according to data distribution. Results: The average EDSS score in people with Homebalance® therapy was 3,8 (± 1,53)...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:435194 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Hendrychová, Jiřina |
| Contributors | Novotná, Klára, Pavlů, Dagmar |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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