Physiotherapy for a cerebral infarction case after analysis of trunk functionwhen getting out of bed

Abstract

We report the case of a man in his 80s who presented with left hemiplegia due to atherothrombotic cerebralinfarction. The man turned to the right side and tried to get out of bed but could not. This is because hewas unable to rotate the body to the right and was unable to swing both legs out to the edge of the bed. Wehypothesized that the cause of his inability to rotate the body to the right was deterioration of trunk functionon the paralyzed side. Physical therapy evaluation revealed hypotonia in the paralyzed rectus abdominismuscle and paralyzed external oblique muscle. Physical therapy was performed to improve muscle tone in theparalyzed trunk muscles. As a result of physical therapy, the muscle tone of the trunk muscle on the paralyzedside improved, and the man was able to get up from the bed on the right side.