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Background and Purpose:Developing countries like India are facing a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in India. The estimated adjusted prevalence rate of stroke range, 84-262/100,000 in rural and 334-424/100,000 in urban areas. The incidence rate is 119-145/100,000 based on the recent population based studies. Purpose of the study is to find out early standing in tilt table for the patients with sub acute stroke is benefited for improving muscle tone in order to maintain balance for the further management. Aim:To find out the effects of early standing on a tilt table improving balance to prepare for standing and gait training..Objective: To determine the effects of early standing on a tilt table to improve standing balance in sub-acute stroke patientsMethodology: Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria the samples was collected from Physiotherapy OPD at Saveetha medical college and hospital. Patients were divided into two groups Group A 15 patients received conventional therapies includes passive range of motion exercises, pelvic bridging,bilateral, pelvic rolling and bilateral symmetrical approach, for 30mins and manual standing with the support of two therapist for 15mins routinely for 45mins per day for 3weeks. Group B 15 patients were received 15mins of conventional therapy along with standing for 30mins per day 45mins for 3weeks. Outcome measure functional balance grading scale was used to assess the standing balance and was documented for both the groups before and after the interventions with duration period of 3weeks. Result: : The paired t-test showed statistical significant difference (<0.0001) between the Pre and Post test of group A and Group B for functional balance grading scale. The unpaired t-test analysis showed extremely statistically significant difference (p=0.0008)Conclusion: In this study standing in tilt table has an excellent effects in improving standing balance in sub acute stroke patient and was more convenient to the patients, as both the group has shown improvement of standing balance but the recovery in Group-B was found to be faster than the Group-A