Walking Abilities and Optical Righting Reactions in Hemiplegic Patients

Abstract

In 86 patients with cerebral apopletic hemiplegia, Optical Righting Reactions (ORR) in a sitting in chair position was measured according to the postural reflex mechanism testing to examine its correlation with walking ability.
No significant difference was noted between scores of ORR and sex difference, age of onset, morbid type or period up to the evaluation, but comparison between the paralytic and non-paralytic sides revealed a significant difference (x² = 34.542: p < 0.001). Comparison with walking ability revealed significant differences (p < 0.001) for both the paralytic side (r = -0.6113) and non-paralytic side (r = -0.6127), and comparison between right and left hemiplegias in the walking, self-supporting group revealed significantly high scores (x² = 7.868: p < 0.05) of ORR for the right hemiplegic cases.