EFFECTIVENESS OF STEP SQUARE EXERCISES TO PREVENT FALLS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS – A NARRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

In this study the literature review focus on the available evidence for the physiotherapy intervention to prevent falls in among multiple sclerosis. Research involved a computerized data base pertaining to studies that include the physiotherapy among multiple sclerosis patients 15 articles that showed outcomes relative to falls, physiotherapy intervention to prevent falls among selected multiple sclerosis patients with multiple sclerosis are more likely to fall, especially when walking, due to their slower proactive equilibrium reactions, decreased ability to maintain balance when reaching, central integration impairment, slow somatosensory conduction, fatigue, delayed reaction, attention deficit, difficulty maintaining stability in the presence of external disturbances, and overload fatigue of the motor cortex. Stand-related trunk instability was observed in MS patients, a rise in trunk sway, and a rise in postural sway when performing two tasks at once. Minimal literature on falls prevention there is scarcity of study which intervention among Step square exercises and Wii board exercises. AIM: The study aimed to find the effectiveness of Step square exercises to prevent falls in MS patients. KEY WORDS: Multiple sclerosis, intervention, equilibrium reactions, integration impairment, somatosensory conduction, attention deficit, motor cortex, trunk stability, trunk sway,