The aim of the present study was to assess whether supervised slackline training improves postural control in children and teenagers with spastic cerebral palsy (grade I and II of the Gross Motor Function Classification System).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
27
Intervention included 18 slackline rehabilitation sessions for 6 weeks: 3 sessions per week on non-consecutive days, 30 min each one.
Static posturography (a composite measure).
The centre of pressure (CoP) parameters (these CoP parameters; Length, Xmean, Ymean, Xdeviation and Ydeviation in mm, Area in mm2 and Speed, Xspeed and Yspeed in m/s will be combined to report the static posturography).
Time frame: 6 weeks.
Myoelectrical activity.
Soles, Tibialis Anterior and Peroneus Longus (myoelectrical activity in microvolts).
Time frame: 6 weeks.
Jump Performance
Countermovement Jump Test and Abalakov´s Test (jump height in cm).
Time frame: 6 weeks.
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