The Effects of Hip Strengthening Program along with Trunk Control Exercises on Trunk Stability, Balance and Gait of Patient with Parkinson?s Disease - A Case Report Study

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive disease of the nervous system with slow rate of progression and insidious onset. It characterized with cardinal signs such as rigidity, trunk instability, movement and gait disturbances, cognitive & perceptual disturbances, and autonomic dysfunction etc. Aims: The aim of the study is to see the effects of Hip Strengthening Program (HSP) along with Trunk Control Exercises (TCE) in order to improve trunk stability, balance and gait in Parkinson?s disease patient. Methodology: A 71-year-old male patient with history of Parkinson disease visited OPD with a complaints of balance, gait instability and history of falls. On evaluation patient comes under stage 3 of Hoehn and Yahr staging of functional disability with balance and gait disturbances. Intervention of hip strengthening and trunk control exercises were given for 6 weeks along with conservative treatment and outcome measures were Trunk control test (TCT), Berg balance scale (BBS), cadence, stride length, step length and step width. Results: when compare to pre, on post assessment there is a significant improvement in all outcome measures at the end of 4 weeks of intervention. Conclusion: On treatment with hip strengthening program along with trunk control exercise, have shown significant improvement on trunk stability, balance and spatialtemporal (ST) parameters of gait.