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Effect of Core Stability Training on Standing and Genu Recurvatum in Children with Spastic Diplegia

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Trunk muscles provide the fundamental support for limb movement. They are also necessary for preserving the body's alignment, spinal stability, and carrying out functional activities while standing or sitting. Purpose: To investigate the impact of core stabilization exercises on standing function and genu recurvatum in spastic diplegic Cerebral palsy (CP) children. Subjects and methods: Forty diplegic cerebral palsy children, of both genders with ages ranged between 4 to 7 years old were assigned randomly into two groups of equal numbers; control and study groups, each group consisted of 20 children. Children were evaluated with Kinovea software and GMFM-88 before and after 3 months of treatment. The control group underwent a designed physiotherapy program 3 times per week (1 hour per session) while the study group received core stability exercises in addition to the designed program of the control group. Results: There was significant improvement in GMFM in favor to the study group (p = 0.02) but there was no significant difference between both groups regarding knee angle after treatment (p = 0.5). Conclusion: For children with spastic diplegic CP, core stability exercises may be a useful strategy to enhance standing function. Physical therapy intervention was found to be beneficial for knee hyper-extension angle.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2024.357749

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Cerebral palsy, Genu recurvatum, Core Stability, Spastic diplegia

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95

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1

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46984

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2024-04-01

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2024-06-02

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2024-04-01

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2,013

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2,018

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Effect of Core Stability Training on Standing and Genu Recurvatum in Children with Spastic Diplegia

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24 Dec 2024