Bike skills training for children with cerebral palsy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Two-wheel bike riding can be a goal for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and a means of participating in physical activity. It is possible for some children with CP to ride a two-wheel bike; however, currently far fewer can ride compared with their typically developing peers. Evidence supports training targeted towards goals of the child with CP and their family; yet there is little evidence to guide best-practice bike skills training. Task-specific training may lead to attainment of two-wheel bike-specific goals. This study aims to determine if a novel task-specific approach to training two-wheel bike skills is more effective than a parent-led home programme for attaining individualised two-wheel bike-specific goals in independently ambulant children with CP aged 6-1

SUBMITTER: Toovey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829908 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature