Effect of Visual Motor Coordination with Body Awareness Training on Balance, Coordination and Intensity of Tremor in patients with Cerebellar Ataxia

Abstract

This study is to find out the effectiveness of visual motor coordination and body awareness training on balance, coordination and intensity of tremor in patients with cerebellar ataxia. Based on the selection criteria 15 subjects were selected. They were assigned into a single group, All 15 subjects were involved for pre-test assessment for balance, coordination and intensity of tremor using the Berg balance scale, Nine hole peg test and Fahn’s tremor rating scale. The 8 weeks treatment program was given for 5 days per week, 60 minutes per session. where each session consists of 5 mins of warm-up, followed by physiotherapy intervention including Proximal stability training, Balance training, Functional movement training using the principles of Visual Motor Coordination and Body Awareness Training, after the 8 weeks of the treatment program the post-test assessment for the Balance, Coordination and Intensity of Tremor was done using the outcome measures. The results were analyzed using student‘t’ test, that showed a significant improvement. Hence it can be concluded that the visual motor coordination with body awareness training is effective in patients with cerebellar ataxia