Effect of aquatic therpay on motor function in children with cerebral palsy : Systematic review /
تأثير العلاج المائى على الوظائف الحركية للأطفال المصابين بالشلل الدماغى : فحص منهجى
Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Salah ; Supervised Gehan Mosaad Abdelmaksoud , Asmaa Osama Sayed
- Cairo : Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Salah , 2018
- 76 P. ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics
Background: A systematic review is the application of scientific strategies that limit bias by the systematic assembly, critical appraisal and synthesis of all available studies on a specific topic. Purpose of this review was to determine the effectiveness of aquatic therapy on motor function in children with cerebral palsy. Subjects: Spastic cerebral palsied children with all severities ranging in age from two to eighteen years were represented in this study. Design: A search of electronic databases that included PubMed, Physical therapy Evidence Database, Google scholar and Cochrane was conducted between august 2005 and November 2016. Results: Eleven articles that were retrieved met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis for three studies as they were randomized controlled trials and descriptive analysis for the other eight ones as they were non randomized controlled trials. Conclusion: From reviewing clinical data of recent studies, there is a strong evidence of the effectiveness of aquatic therapy on motor function of children with cerebral palsy