Effect of Posturalcontrol Exercises in SPider Cage on Standing Panern in Spastic Diplegic Children

Samah Attia Tolha Mohamed EL-Shiemy;

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of postural control exercises in spider cage on standing pattern in spastic
• diplegic cerebral palsied children. Forty spastic diplegic cerebral palsied children ranged in age from 3 to 5 years participated in this study.
. The study sample were divided randomly into two groups of equal number
(study and control groups). The• study group received postural control exercises inside the spider cage in addition to the selective treatment
•? program, The control group was treated by the same postural control

exercises outside the spider cage in addition to the same selective treatment program given to the study group. Evaluation was carried out for each child of both study and control groups before, after two and four months of treatment. It included measuring the scores of standing dimension tasks by using Gross Motor Function Measure Scale (GMFM). The results of this study revealed significant improvement in standing pattern for both study and control groups after the treatment. Also, significant improvement was noticed in standing pattern for the study group when compared with control group after the treatment period (pKey words: Cerebral palsy- Diplegia- Spider c.age- Postural control- GMFM.


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Title Effect of Posturalcontrol Exercises in SPider Cage on Standing Panern in Spastic Diplegic Children
Other Titles تأثير تمرينات التحكم فى القوام داخل الوحدة القفصية للتمرينات على انموذج الوقوف عند الاطفال المصابين بالشلل التقلصى المزدوج
Authors Samah Attia Tolha Mohamed EL-Shiemy
Issue Date 2004

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