Comparison of the Effect of Core Stability Exercises with Otago Exercises on Quality of Life in Patients with Stroke

Abstract Introduction & Objective: A stroke is a chronic disease and has a lot of complications following a reduction in the quality of life from the common problems of these patients. The aim of this study was to Comparison of the effect of Core stability exercises with Otago exercises on quality of life in patients with stroke. Materials & Methods: This study is a clinical trial in which the study population consists of all stroke referred to Yasuj University of Medical Sciences educational and medical centers in 2020. A total of 69 patients were selected by convenience sampling method. The selected samples were randomly divided into three groups of: Core stability exercises group (first intervention group, 23 people), Otago exercises group (second intervention group, 23 people) and control group (23 people). In the first intervention group, Core stability exercises were performed for 8 weeks and 3 sessions per week, and in the second intervention group, Otago exercises were performed for 8 weeks and 3 sessions per week. No training was given to the control group. Demographic questionnaire and Stroke Specific- Quality Of Life (SS-QOL) to collect data at baseline and one month after the intervention. The collected data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics and Paired T-test, One-way Analysis of Variance, Bonferroni post hoc test. Results: Before the intervention, there was no statistically significant difference in the overall score of Quality of Life in the experimental and control groups (P >0.001). After the interventions, there was a statistically significant difference in the mean score of Quality of Life between the two groups of Core stability exercises and Otago exercises with the control group (P <0.001). There was a significant difference between the two intervention groups, after the intervention, the mean scores of Quality of Life in the Otago exercises group compared to the Core stability exercises group (P <0.001). Conclusion: Both Core stability exercises and Otago exercises improved the Quality of Life of patients with stroke, but Otago exercises intervention was more important and more effective than Core stability exercises.