OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy patients for whom orthoses were indicated to control equinus or pes planovalgus deformities. DESIGN A retrospective, cross-sectional assessment was performed on diplegic subjects who had suitable barefoot and AFO gait trials on the same day. PATIENTS Thirty-five subjects with a mean age ...

Background: The ability to stand is a major concern for parents of children with cerebral palsy (C.P.). Acquisition or improving standing ability is often considered to be the primary focus of most therapeutic interventions. Objective: To assess the effect of botulinum toxin typeA (BTX-A) injection when combined with rehabilitation therapy on improving the standing ability in children with spas...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of an orthotic undergarment on gait, balance, and life skills of children who have diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS Five subjects (ages 7-13 years) with CP at Gross Motor Function Classification Scale level I wore a TheraTog undergarment for 12 weeks. Data collection included Vicon Motion Analysis, Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, and C...

OBJECTIVE To find out the effect of deep cross-friction massage on spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS This double-blind randomised controlled trial was conducted at the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan, from January to July 2013, and comprised paediatric patients with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. The participants were equally divided into...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Surgical correction of foot deformities as part of single-event multilevel surgery (SEMLS) to optimize postoperative training is sometimes indicated in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy. We have, however, experienced excessive postoperative pain and rehabilitation problems in a number of these patients. We therefore investigated children who underwent such procedure...

These case reports describe a stationary cycling intervention and outcomes for two child participants (P1 and P2) with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Each child completed a 12-week, 30-session cycling intervention consisting of strengthening and cardiorespiratory fitness phases. P1 exhibited higher training intensities, particularly during the cardiorespiratory phase. Average training heart r...

objective epilepsy occurs in 12 % to 90 % of children with cerebral palsy (cp). however its clinical course is not well defined. this investigation was undertaken to study and determine the characteristics and prevalence of epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. materials & methods of 133 children with cerebral palsy, seen between 1998 and 2001, in the pediatric neurology clinic of the imam ...

A. D. Baddeley, N. Thomson, and M. Buchanan (1975) suggested that articulatory rehearsal rate determines the amount of verbal material that can be maintained in working memory. In the current study, 12 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (SDCP) and 38 normal children were tested on measures of articulation rate and memory span for one-, twoand three-syllable words. Across all conditio...