Table 4.

Exercises of the coordinative physiotherapy program.

Static Balance

(i) Standing on one leg.

(ii) Quadruped standing: stabilize the trunk and lift one arm.

(iii) Quadruped standing: stabilize the trunk and lift one leg.

(iv) Quadruped standing: lift one arm and the leg of the other side.

Dynamic Balance

(i) Kneeling: put one foot in front and back alternately.

(ii) Kneeling: put one foot to the side and back alternately.

(iii) Kneeling: put one foot in front, stand up, and put one leg back with kneeling alternately.

(iv) Standing: swing arms, see saw knees.

(v) Standing: step to the side.

(vi) Standing: step in front.

(vii) Standing: step back.

(viii) Standing: cross over step.

(ix) Climbing stairs.

(x) Walking over uneven ground.

Whole Body Movements to Train the Trunk-Limb Coordination

(i) Quadruped standing: lift one arm and the leg of the other side, flex arm, leg, and trunk, and extend arm, leg, and trunk alternately.

(ii) “Morning prayer” (Moshe Feldenkrais): kneeling: bend legs, arms, and trunk (“package sitting”): extend legs, arms, and trunk alternately.

(iii) Kneeling: sit beside the heel on the right side; kneeling: sit beside the hell on the left side alternately.

Steps to Prevent Falling and Falling Strategies In Order To Prevent Trauma

(i) Standing: step to the side, step in front, step back, and cross over step in a dynamic alteration.

(ii) Standing: the therapist pushes the patient in altered directions; the patient has to react quickly with fall preventing steps.

(iii) Standing: bend the trunk and the knees to touch the floor and erect the body alternately.

(iv) Standing: bend the trunk and the knees, touch the floor, and go down to quadruped standing,

(v) Standing: the therapist pushes the patient; the patient has to react quickly-bend and go to the floor in a controlled manner

(vi) Walking—the therapist pushes the patient—the patient has to react quickly, bend, and go to the floor in a controlled manner.

Movements to Treat or Prevent Contracture Especially Movements of Shoulders and Spine

(i) Extension of the spine: prone lying: push up the shoulder girdle from prone lying; prone lying on a wedge.

(ii) Rotation of the spine: supine lying: knees are bended, rotate the knees to the right and left side,

(iii) Flexion of the shoulder: supine lying: lift the arms in the direction of the head.