Effect Of Neurofunctional Approach On Instrumental Activities of Daily Living In Stroke Survivors

Purpose: to know the effect of Neurofunctional Approach for improvement of Insrumental Activities of Daily Living skills in stroke survivors. Methodology: a pre-test, post-test control design group was used followed by descriptive analysis. A total number of 30 subjects affected by stroke were selected for the study. Mean age was 48 years(age range 40 to 57 years) having male only. The outcome measures used for the study were Lawton Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Result: the result and the analysis shows significant improvement (p≤0.05) that there is significant improvement in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Skills within 4 weeks through NeuroFunctional Approach. Conclusion:Neurofunctional approach is useful for training in instrumental activities of daily living. However the training should be goal directed task and depend upon the areas where participants having difficulty in doing instrumental activities.