Passive Stretching Efficacy on Improvement of Gross Motor Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy
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Abstract
Abstract Background: The widespread idea that passive stretching can cure and extend tight or contracted soft tissues has led to its widespread use in the treatment of spasticity. There is a lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of passive stretching for patients dealing with spasticity. The purpose of this study was to summarize and analyze the studies that have looked at the effects of passive stretching on children with spastic cerebral palsy. Passive stretching is frequently done in the hope that tightness or contracture of soft tissues can be reduced and stretched. There is little proof that passive stretching helps people with spasticity. This review's objective was to assess the research on passive stretching's benefits for kids with spastic CP. Aim of the study; using the visual analog scale (VAS) and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities cerebral palsy (WOMAC) Questionnaire, this study intends to evaluate the effectiveness of floppy passive stretching with spastic passive stretching in children with cerebral palsy. Materials and method; 60 patients were participated in this study, their ages between 1 – 9 years, both female and male. The patients were diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The participants are divided in to two groups; group (A) 30 patient used spastic passive stretching, group (B) 30 Patient used floppy passive stretching Cerebral palsy. All the patients were assessed before treatment and after three months of follow-up, using analogscale (VAS) and the western Ontario and McMaster Universities cerebral palsy (WOMAC) Questionnaire. Result: The results showed that floppy passive stretching, were effective in standing and walking in this study, that there is a statistically significant association between floppy and spastic standing up p-vale (0.031) and walking p-vale (0.01) is less than the significant level of α =0.05 respectively. Conclusion: Study results suggest that children with spastic cerebral palsy can benefit from passive stretching activities to improve their gross motor skills. Furthermore, the current evidence suggests that, when it comes to enhancing range of motion and decreasing spasticity in particular muscles and joints in children with spastic cerebral palsy, continual passive stretching may be more helpful than manual stretching. Passive stretching exercise is a veritable tool for the improvement of gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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