Slackline Training in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT: To assess whether a slackline intervention program improves postural control in children/adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Randomized controlled trial. Patients' association. Twenty-seven children/adolescents with spastic CP (9-16 years) were randomly assigned to a slackline intervention (n = 14, 13 ± 3 years) or control group (n = 13, 12 ± 2 years). Three slackline sessions per week (30 min/session) for 6 weeks. The primary outcome was static posturography (center of pressure-CoP-parameters). The secondary outcomes were surface myoelectrical activity of the lower-limb muscles during the posturography test and jump performance (countermovement jump test and Abalakov test). Overall (RPE, >6-20 scale) rating of perceived exertion was recorded at the end of each intervention sessi

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7700417 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature