Review of the Effectiveness of Advanced Equipments in Cerebral Palsy Children during Gait

Document Type : Review Article

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1 PhD Candidate of Occupational therapy, Occupational Therapy Department, USWR, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD of Occupational Therapy, Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, USWR, Tehran, Iran

3 PhD of Occupational Therapy, Professor Assistant, Occupational Therapy Department, USWR, Evin, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: Cerebral palsy is one of the central nervous system disorders that limits movement and posture. Obtaining gaiting ability is one of the main targets in these children targeted by rehabilitation teams. Many advanced tools and equipment have been designed in order to train and rectify cerebral children's gait all over the world. The aim of the present study was to review the   effectiveness of these equipment in cerebral palsy children's gait.
Materials and Methods: The current study was carried out to review and evaluate effectiveness of advanced equipment. Various databases were searched for articles published between 2005 and July 2016 which resulted in obtaining 216 studies among which 32 articles were in line with the topic of the present study.
Results: Based on the studies reviewed, advanced equipment that are mostly used as gait trainer are  effective in training and rectifying gait. These studies show that this type of intervention that is sometimes accompanied by virtual reality rehabilitation, can be effective in improving gait parameters such as step length, speed, duration, and the muscles strength.
Conclusion: According to the results, It seems that using advanced equipment along with other rehabilitative interventions can accelerate obtaining and rectifying gaiting ability in cerebral palsy children and it can be proposed as an efficient method in rehabilitations.

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The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3
October 2019
Pages 272-278

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  • Receive Date: 24 October 2016
  • Revise Date: 31 August 2018
  • Accept Date: 03 September 2018
  • First Publish Date: 23 September 2019

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