title: Correlation of trunk impairment with balance in patients with chronic stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the correlation between the trunk impairment and balance in patients with chronic stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty subjects with chronic stroke participated in the study. The subjects were evaluated with the trunk impairment scale (TIS) and Tinetti balance scale (TBS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Spearman's correlation showed highly significant correlation between TIS and TBS scores (rho = 0.911).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study reveals that the trunk impairment and balance in subjects with stroke are positively correlated with each other.
authors.affiliation: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jijimol
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Fayaz
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Vijesh
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D060726:Torso / Q000503:physiopathology*