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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of task-oriented voluntary trunk rotation among stroke patients with unilateral neglect; the focus was to detect any reduction of unilateral neglect or increase in balancing ability. This study used a single subject experimental design with multiple baselines. Participant 1, 2 and 3 performed 4, 8 and 12 sessions each during the baseline phase, and 16, 12 and 8 sessions at the intervention, respectively. The results were assessed by using the line bisection test, Berg Balance Scale(BBS), which were separately implemented. The Line bisection scores of participant 1, 2 and 3 were improved by 38.9%, 44% and 35.9%, trunk rotation in task-oriented voluntary trunk rotation. The BBS scores of participant 1, 2 and 3 were improved by 39.6%, 31.6% and 7.7% each, compared to the baseline. The findings suggest that task-oriented voluntary trunk rotation is adaptable to clinical applications to reduce unilateral neglect and to enhance balancing ability to the target patients. Future studies with wider range of participants and longer experiment span, are required in order to strengthen the result of the research.