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Gaze stability versus trunk rotation exercises on balance in elderly
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Abstract
Background: Imbalance is a common and often devastating problem among older people, leading to a reduction in activity levels, followed by strength reduction leading to increasing risk of future falls. It is therefore evident that falls are frequently, costly and potentially debilitating both physically and psychologically in the aging population. The disparity in research and the necessity to add to the existing literature base led to the development of this study. Purpose: To find out the efficacy of Gaze stability exercises versus trunk rotation exercises on balance in elderly. Methods: sixty elderly patients of both sexes(33male and 27female) their age ranged from 65 to 75 years old were selected from orthopedic out patient clinic of Faculty of physical therapy. The sixty patients were divided into three groups; each group consisted of twenty patients. group (A) performed a program of balance exercises in addition to gaze stability exercises 2times/week. group (B) performed a program of balance exercises in addition to trunk rotation exercise 2times/week and group (C) control group. The balance was assessed at the beginning of the study and after the study (twelve weeks). Results: showed that there is a significant difference (p<0.05) in favor to group A as the post treatment mean values± SD of Tinetti scale for all groups (A, B and C) were 23.35±3.33, 22.35±2.76 and 19.6±2.89 with % change (21.93%, 7.71%, 0.00%) respectively. Also there is a significant difference (p<0.05) in favor to group B as the post treatment mean values ± SD of Berg balance scale for all groups (A, B and C) were 50.45±4.78, 50.45±4.29 and 46.1±5.67 with % of change 8.6%, 3.49%, 0.00% respectively