TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Salah
AU  - Asmaa Osama Sayed , 
AU  - Gehan Mosaad Abdelmaksoud , 
TI  - Effect of aquatic therpay on motor function in children with cerebral palsy : : Systematic review / 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Salah , 
KW  - Aquatic therapy
KW  - Hydrotherapy
KW  - Motor functions
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics; Issued also as CD
N2  - 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
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