Effect of Gait Retraining on Balance, Activities of Daily Living,Quality of Life and Depression in Stroke patients

Objectives: stroke is one of the most common neurological diseases and it is the main cause of physicaland mental disability and staying in house. gait difficulties have high incidence in patients with stroke.so the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gait retraining on balance, activities of dailyliving, quality of life and depression in stroke patientsmethods: this study was a clinical trial without control group. sampling was performed by conveniencesampling method and 18 patients participated. after recording demographic data, berg balance scale,barthel index, sf36 questionnaire and beck depression inventory-ii used in pre-test and post-test toassess balance, activities of daily living, quality of life and depression, respectively. data were analyzedusing pearson correlation coefficient and paired t-test.results: the results showed statistically significant correlation in pre-test and difference between meanscore of the all instruments before and after the intervention.discussion: according to high prevalence of gait difficulties in stroke patients, it seems interventions inthis area were necessary. statistical results showed that the gait retraining intervention may have apositive effect on improving balance, activities of daily living, quality of life and depression of thesepatients. according to lack of information in this area, further research is needed.