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Filter by:Pain is the most common secondary condition in patients with CP and the most important factor associated with reduced health-related quality of life. Pain in adolescents with CP is reported approximately 50-75%. Despite being a condition that can be seen with such a high prevalence, it is difficult for researchers and clinicians to capture this subjective perception in CP, as the individual may be a small child, may be cognitively impaired, visually impaired, or have communication difficulties. For these reasons, unrecognized pain can have negative effects on quality of life and participation in daily living activities, both as a result of limited mobility resulting from pain itself and fear-driven avoidance of specific activities. Self-report of pain is appropriate for individuals with CP without cognitive impairment. However, depending on the severity of communication impairment, self-report may be limited or even impossible to obtain in individuals with severe CP. In the case of individuals with CP, self-report supplemented with parent report, when possible, is the recommended strategy. The aims of this study: (i) to explore what is known about the prevalence, location, intensity and the effect of pain on daily lives of adolescents with CP; (ii) to demonstrate the relation between pain, clinical and sociodemographic characteristics; (iii) to compare self-reports of pain with mothers'reports of their child's pain.
Children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy are late developers. delayed gross and fine motor development require early intervention to improve the child performance and avoid secondary impairments.
The management of cerebral palsy is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Selective dorsal rhizotomy is a neurosurgical technique that aims to reduce spasticity in the lower limbs and improve motor function.
In this study trunk, targeted training and gross motor function training were compared their effect on functional status, range of motion, and community participation of cerebral palsy children
To analyze the short-term effect of kinesiology taping on sitting postural control in moderate and severe cerebral palsy
Most of the available studies that are relevant to motor rehabilitation for children with dyskinetic type of cerebral palsy are few and are comprised of small numbers of children. Further researches are necessary to explore new conservative therapeutic protocols and techniques that should contribute to control disorganized movement, handle postural asymmetry, maintain postural stability, and improve gait performance. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of soft orthosis and strapping system on balance, and gait performance in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy.
PURPOSE: To assess the effect of backward walking training on back geometry and mobility function in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy through a comparative analysis with forward walking training. BACKGROUND: Spinal deformities are important orthopaedic problems among children with cerebral palsy. A detailed evaluation of all these areas when the child first arrives for treatment is essential. The majority of research in children with CP is focused on assessment and treatment of upper and lower extremities. In contrast, literature on trunk control in children with CP is scarce. Although proximal trunk control is a prerequisite for improving balance and weight symmetry, there is a lack of studies that reported the role of forward and backward walking training in treating the trunk for children with CP. Therefore, the purpose of this study will investigate the role of backward walking training in addition to conventional physiotherapy program on back geometry and mobility function in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy. HYPOTHESES: The null hypothesis of this study could be stated as: There will be no statistically significant difference in back geometry and mobility function after adding backward walking training to conventional physical therapy program in spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy children compared with forward walking training. RESEARCH QUESTION: Do adding backward walking training to conventional physical therapy program improves back geometry and functional mobility in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy?
Cerebral Palsy (CP), is the most common cause of physical disability that begins in childhood and lasts throughout life, affecting 1 in 500 newborns, with an estimated prevalence of 17 million worldwide. Social isolation, economic conditions, interruption of treatments, etc. may cause physical, mental, behavioral and psychosocial changes in children with cerebral palsy. Discontinuing regular physiotherapy can worsen functional skills and cause complications in children with cerebral palsy. Our aim in this study is to investigate the sustainability of the treatments of children with cerebral palsy during the pandemic period, their physical and psychosocial effects, and the relationship between their parents' fear of covid-19.
Need for study There are a few studies published on this topic from various parts of the globe and the results are mixed. Hence further research is required in this area and none of the studies have included samples from the Middle East. Some studies done in this area focus on biomechanical aspects of gait (Cherni, 2018) and our study mainly focuses on functional aspects of gait and quality of life. Studies done on this area focus highly on gait components and very little is available on the literature on improving balance. Since balance and stability are crucial for walking, it was decided to exclusively assess balance. Due to a wide range of therapeutic benefits, it is paramount to evaluate the effectiveness of different therapies provided to improve gait. Aim of the study: The aim of the proposed research is to investigate the effectiveness of robotic assisted gait training using Lokomat device as an adjunct in improving gait, balance and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy.
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental dysfunction which is permanent, non-progressive, and caused by brain insult or injury.Although the basic finding of CP is having motor function problems, visual, auditory, cognitive and behavioural problems are also seen in CP.Having these problems interfere the functional independence of children with CP, so their daily life of activities is limited.One of the way of increasing the functional independence of these children is providing them hand rehabilitation.In the event of having hand rehabilitation, children would achieve more daily living skills.Although having hand rehabilitation is crucial for these children, they would lose their motivation on this by the time because rehabilitation is a long process,For that reason, new therapy techniques are tried by therapists to motivate these children during their rehabilitation seances.Virtual reality rehabilitation is one of these new techniques used for designing enjoyable and effective seances.Especially leap motion sensors are preferred to create virtual environment, because they are cheap, portable, touchless and easy to use.These sensors can detect hand movements and recognize hand gestures by using infrared.Our study was aimed to investigate the effect of fine motor grip studies in virtual reality environment on performance based hand skills in children with CP.Thirty two children with CP (6-18) were included in this study.Children were randomly assigned into two equal-sized groups: control and study groups.Participants in both groups received a neurodevelopmental therapy program.The study group additionally received virtual reality rehabilitation programme. In control group, neurodevelopmental treatment was provided 45 mins,2 d/week for 2 successive months.In study group, neurodevelopmental treatment was provided 30 mins and virtual rehabilitation programme was provided 15 mins, 2 d/week for 2 successive months. To evaluate the performance based hand skills; Box and Block Test, Nine Hole Peg Test and Pink Tower (Montessori) Test were used.