Deans' stroke musings: Effectiveness of Gluteus Maximus Strengthening on Gait in Patients with Hemiparesis

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Monday, August 17, 2020

Effectiveness of Gluteus Maximus Strengthening on Gait in Patients with Hemiparesis

So success. Now we just need a protocol created and distributed to all 10 million yearly stroke survivors.

Effectiveness of Gluteus Maximus Strengthening on Gait in Patients with Hemiparesis

Rutuja Bhosale1 , G.Varadharajulu2 , Dhirajkumar Mane3 1 Intern, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed To Be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India, 2 Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute Of Medical Sciences Deemed To Be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India, 3 Statistician, Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed To Be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Background:

Seventy five per cent of patients who outlive stroke have inadequacies whilst walking and the hemiparetic gait is the most prevalent form of walking. The asymmetric pattern of walking is most commonly seen in hemiparetic gait. Aim and Objectives: To find the effectiveness of gluteus maximus strengthening on gait in patients with hemiparesis.

Materials and Method:

The hemiparetic patients were assessed for the MMT and gait, prior to the treatment. The muscle strength and gait was assessed by Manual Muscle Testing and objective method respectively. Subjects signed the consent form then total number of three exercises were given-i)Standing leg lifts with trunk supported, ii) Quadruped leg lifts, iii) Standing extension.Statistical analysis was done once the data was collected Results: In this study the gluteus maximus strengthening had effect on the gait of the hemiparetic individuals. The gait parameters taken in this study step length, step width, stride length, cadence and speed significantly increase after the treatment.

Conclusion:

On the basis of the result of this study, it was concluded that the strengthening of gluteus maximus muscle has effect on gait in patients with hemiparesis. The gait parameters taken in this study such as step length, step width, stride length, cadence and speed has increase in the averaged values before and after treatment.