TY - BOOK AU - Christine Adel Aziz Saleh AU - Emam H. Elnegemy , AU - Ibrahim Mohamed Shokry , TI - Effect of mechanical vestibular stimulation on balance in spastic diplegic children / PY - 2015/// CY - Cairo : PB - Christine Adel Aziz Saleh , KW - Balance KW - Mechanical vestibular stimulation KW - Spastic diplegia N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate balance changes in spastic diaplegic children following participation in a program of therapeutic exercises including mechanical vestibular stimulation. Subject: Thirty children, aged 5 to 8 years participated in this study. They were classified into two groups of equal number 15 patients each. Method: The control group received 1 hour and 15 minutes of selected physical therapy program for such cases, while the study group received 1 hour of selected physical therapy program and 15 minutes of mechanical vestibular stimulation using vestibulator/ swing system. Balance was assessed before and after application of 12 weeks of treatment in the two groups using the Biodex balance system UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -