Effect of Selective Physiotherapy Program on Back Geometry and Spinal Mobility in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsied Children / Reham Abd El Monem Abd El Monem AbouElKhier ; Supervised Kamal ElSayed Shokry , Lobna Abd El Gawad Mansour , Hebatalla Mohamed Kamal

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Physical Therapy - Department Of Growth and Development Disorders In Pediatrics

The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of the selected physiotherapy program on back geometry and spinal mobility in spastic diplegic cerebral palsied childrenTrunk imbalance and inclination , pelvic tilt and torsion , lateral deviation and surface rotation in addition to thoracic and lumbar flexion and extension intersegmental range of motion were measuredTwenty spastic diplegic cerebral palsied children aged from four to six years participated in this studyFormetric II and spinal mouse instruments were used to measure the effect of the selective physiotherapy programAll the children were evaluated before and after treatmentThe results of the study showed that spastic diplegic cerebral palsied children have functional scoliosis which resulted from pelvic tilt and torsionAfter applying selective physiotherapy program for three months all the measured variables significantly improvedShowing that physiotherapy program can improve the biomechanical relation between spine , pelvis and lower limbs during standing and can improve the quality of standing posture

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