OBJECTIVE To investigate face and construct validity of the Gait Deviation Index (GDI) in adults with spastic cerebral palsy. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used as a framework, defining gait and walking as the manner or style of walking ("body function"), and the execution of gait ("activity"), respectively. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. ...

Background: Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder of brain, which impacts on posture, balance, and motor skills child due to in coordination between nervous musculoskeletal system. Aim: To improve functional independence among children with spastic cerebral palsy, so that independent sitting could be achieved, by quality life these children, labor therapist caregiver was minimized. Methods:...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Hamed SA, Waked NM, Helmy AM. Effect of virtual reality games on motor performance level in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Physiotherapy Quarterly. 2022;30(2):15-19. doi:10.5114/pq.2021.108681. APA Hamed, S. A., Waked, N. M., & Helmy, A. M. (2022). Quarterly, 30(2), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2021.10...

The purpose of this study was to use Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) for children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) in a clinical setting in order to determine its effectiveness in gait training for ambulation. RAS has been shown to improve gait performance in patients with significant gait deficits. All 25 participants (6 to 20 years old) had spastic CP and were ambulatory, but needed to st...

Objectives: Massage therapy is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for children. This study was conducted to determine the effect of wedish massage on abnormal reflexes in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: This study was a single blind clinical trial conducted on forty children with spastic CP who were recruited from clinics of the U...

BACKGROUND The risk of cerebral palsy, the commonest physical disability of children in western Europe, is higher in infants of very low birthweight (VLBW)--those born weighing less than 1500 g--and those from multiple pregnancies than in infants of normal birthweight. An increasing proportion of infants from both of these groups survive into childhood. This paper describes changes in the frequ...