Effect of Reciprocating Gait Orthosis on Standing Balance in Children with Spastic Diaplegic Cerebral Palsy.
| Autor: | Sarhan, Reda S., Elsayed, Enas, Hegazy, Fatma A., Elwishy, Abeer |
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PHYSICAL therapy for children
CEREBRAL palsy POSTURAL balance GAIT disorder treatment ORTHOPEDIC apparatus MEDICAL equipment design NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PROBABILITY theory STATISTICAL sampling SPASTICITY T-test (Statistics) THERAPEUTICS EVALUATION research NEUROMUSCULAR system RECIPROCATING gait orthoses |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy; Jan-Mar2012, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p32-35, 4p |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of reciprocating gait orthosis (RGO) on standing balance in children with spastic diaplegic. Subjects: Twenty spastic diaplegic children were included (14 boys and 6 girls), with age ranged from five to seven years. Methods: Children were divided randomly into two equal groups; experimental and control groups. The experimental group was subjected to physiotherapytraining program with the use of RGO while the control group received only the physiotherapy program. Patients from both groups had the treatment once a day, three times a week for ten weeks. The measurements of the confidence ellipse width,confidence ellipse height, confidence ellipse angle, confidence ellipse area, horizontal and vertical deviations of centre of gravity(COG) were performed before and after the treatment to assess standing balance with open and closed eyes by means of stabilometric platform. Results: There were significantimprovements in some measured test parameters in children of the experimental group compared to those of the control group.Conclusion: Reciprocating gait orthosis was effective in improving standing balance in children with spastic diaplegic cerebral palsy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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