Combination of standard physical therapy with partial body weight supported treadmill training in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Standard physical therapy (SPT) with ground gait training is well recognized to improve the motor skill in cerebral palsy (CP) disease. Confirmation required on achieving better gross function partial body weight supported treadmill (PBWSTT). The objective of study analyze combination SPT PBWSTT for children spastic diplegic CP who able walk. A prospective design was conducted patients 2-7 years age Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) I-III and received 2 times per week, 20 minutes session, a total sessions. treatment group continued by session. Measure (GMFM)-66 walking, running, jumping (dimension E) measured pre post-physical therapy. Data were analyzed descriptively. There 10 subjects divided into 5 control rest group. mean 48.4 months 63.4 respectively. Average score GMFM-66 dimension E post-SPT 63.54 65.24, difference 1.7 (2.67%) from initial score.