RESUMEN
To evaluate the role of sensory functions on balance deficits in hemiplegic patients using computerized dynamic posturography. Cornell Medical Center at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, New York. Fifty stroke patients who met the study criteria were selected for this study. Twenty five age-matched were tested and used as a control group. Sensory organization was evaluated in quiet standing with standard Equi-Test procedure consisting of six test conditions. Patients were exposed to three consecutive 20-second trials for each condition. Sensory condition characteristics in stroke patients were significantly different in all six conditions from those of the age-matched normal subjects. Most of the patients studied had great difficultry standing on four out of six conditions. Significant differences were seen in proprioception, visual and vestibular sensory analysis between stroke patients and the age-matched normal group. The result of this study may be used for monitoring the rehabilitation process by providing objective Information to overcome the huge difficulties inherent in the clinical and functional assessment