Iranian Journal of Rehabilitation Research in Nursing

Introduction: Stroke is a sudden and local neurologic defect resulted from ischemic damages into the brain which changes the function of a part of the body and physical sensation of the body position (proprioception). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of closed kinetic chain exercises on the static and dynamic balance of stroke patients. Methods: In this Quasi-Experimental study, 27 male Stroke patients were selected using purposive sampling and were randomly allocated to intervention (14) and control (13) groups. A closed kinetic chain program implemented for 8 weeks (three times per week) as intervention. Sharpened Romberg test was used for measuring static balance and Get Up and Go test for measuring dynamic balance pre and post intervention in two groups. Independent T-test was used as inferential statistic test (p≤0.05). Result: Results showed significant differences in mean scores of static balance with closed and open eyes and dynamic balance (p≤0.05). Conclusion: Closed kinetic chain exercises improve the static and dynamic balance of Stroke patients and can be used as a fall prevention measure in rehabilitation programs of stroke patients.