Effect of core stabilizing program on balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy / Mostafa Soliman Mostafa Ali ; Supervised Faten Hassan Abdelaziem , Ghada Mohammad Anwar

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Developmental Disorders in Pediatrics

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have limitations with postural control and anticipatory postural adjustments. Core stabilization training is thought to improve balance and postural control. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of core stabilizing program on balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy and compare the effect of core stabilizing program to enhance balance between hemiplegic and diplegic children. Sixty cerebral palsy children participated in this study; they were subdivided randomly into two groups of equal numbers. The control group consists of thirty children with spastic cerebral palsy (hemiplegic and diplegic) with their mean age 6.98 ± 0.55 years and the study group consists of thirty children with spastic cerebral palsy (hemiplegic and diplegic), their mean age was 7.01 ± 0.6 years. The two groups were evaluated using biodex balance system. Data were compared between the two groups using Paired T test. Study group in comparing with control group were found to be significantly differ in anteroposterior stability index, mediolateral stability index and overall stability index parameters. While when comparing hemiplegic and diplegic children subgroups were non-significant. Conclusion: according to the results of this study it can concluded that stabilizing program aiming for improving postural stability and balance during locomotion abilities is highly recommended to be added to the rehabilitation program for spastic cerebral palsy children

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