Effectiveness of treadmill training on gait function in children with cerebral palsy: meta-analysis.

Autor: Han YG; Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Korea., Yun CK; Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Korea.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of exercise rehabilitation [J Exerc Rehabil] 2020 Feb 26; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 10-19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 26 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.12965/jer.1938748.374
Abstrakt: The purpose of this review was to analysis the effects of treadmill training on gait function in children with cerebral palsy. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), PubMed and Web of Science were searched. Investigating the effects of treadmill training on gait endurance, gait speed, limb support time, cadence, and step length in children with cerebral palsy. Similar outcomes were pooled by calculating the standardized mean difference. Of the eight studies, 179 participants were included. The average PEDro score was 6.25/10. The results of the sensitivity test for bias evaluation using the duval and tweedie's trim and fill method showed low publication bias. The test regarding the effect of treadmill training on overall gait function yielded a moderate effect size of 0.53, which was a statistically significant effect as its confidence interval did not include. The overall effect size of gait endurance was 0.85. The overall effect size of gait speed and limb support time were 0.52 and 0.73. The overall effect size of cadence and step length were 0.14 and 0.21, indicating a nonsignificant improvement. These findings suggested that treadmill training on cerebral palsy was effective for gait endurance, gait speed and limb support time than cadence and step length.
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(Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation.)
Databáze: MEDLINE