The Effectiveness of Neuro Physiotheraphy Techniques in Improving the Upper Limb Function of Stroke Patients

G Sai Chetan, Annie Thomas

Abstract: Aim: to investigate the effectiveness of neuro physiotherapy techniques in improving upper limb function of stroke patients. Methods: a comprehensive search on pubmed, Medline, Cochrane, Google scholar, CINAHL clinical keys database using keywords stroke, interventions used in stroke, upper limb function and physiotherapy evidence based database was utilised for quality assessment. Results: 12 studies were included 5 RCT, 2 comparitive study, 4 experimental studies. The result of this review provides evidence that neurophysiological techniques in neuro physiotherapy will improve upper limb function of stroke patients. Conclusion: the result of this review provides sufficient positive evidence about neuro physiotherapy techniques will improve upper limb function of patients suffering from stroke

Keywords: Neuro physiotheraphy techniques, stroke, evidence based practice, upper limb functions, neuro physiological techniques, evidence based physiotheraphy