Study on Efficacy of Task Oriented Training on Mobility and Balance among Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Children
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Background: According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimation, 3.8% of the Indian children have some form of disability due to different causes.Among that nearly 15-20% was suffering from cerebral palsy (CP), Spastic Diplegic accounts for 22.4 %.The estimated incidence of cerebral palsy in India is around 3/1000 live births.However, being a developing country, the expected actual figure may be much higher.An experimental study was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy of task oriented training and conventional physiotherapy on mobility and balance among spastic Diplegic cerebral palsy children.Methodology: Twenty spastic Diplegic cerebral palsy children were selected for the study and divided into two groups one group received task oriented training and the other group received conventional physiotherapy daily one hour and the same was continued for six weeks.Before starting the treatment mobility and balance were measured by timed up and go test and pediatric balance scale respectively.The measurements were repeated after six weeks.Results: The data's were analyzed statistically by paired't' test and unpaired't' test.The results concluded that both task oriented training and conventional physiotherapy were effective in improving mobility and balance among spastic Diplegic cerebral palsy children.But when comparing both task oriented training group showed more improvement in mobility and balance than conventional physiotherapy group in spastic Diplegic cerebral palsy children.
Author: MK Franklin Shaju
Institution: RV College of Physiotherapy
Language: English
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2590189321