Abstract:
Stroke patients require a rehabilitation by exercises range of motion / ROM. Exercises spherical grip to stimulate the movement of the hand which one form of the training is an practice in functional grasping hand. ROM spherical grip exsercises performed in actively and assistively. The purpose of this study was to prove the effect of ROM spherical grip exercises on stroke patient. The sampling technique used was total sampling. Sample taken were 28 respondents by measuring muscle stregth before and after intervension. The instrument used observation sheets for muscle strength assesment and manual muscle testing (MMT) physical examination in stroke patient. The results of this most of the muscle strength before presenting the ROM Spherical Grip exercise was poor (there was movement but could not fight gravity) as many as 13 respondents (46.4%). and most of the muscle strength after giving the Spherical Grip ROM exercise was good (can move and can fight light obstacles) as many as 14 respondents (50.0%). Study showed that there was an increase in muscle strength before and after being given ROM spherical grip training in stroke patient using. Giving exercie ROM spherical grip has an effect because it can support the restoration of the movement ability and hand function. By providing range mation exercise using spherical grip, it is hoped that it will be useful to improve tone that experiences weakness and and if done continuously can increase muscle strength in stroke patients.
