<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim</italic>: This study was performed to investigate the effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral palsy.<italic>Material and methods</italic>: The study included 44 patients (11 girls, and 33 boys) aged between 4 and 11 years, having spastic diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy, and receiving physical treatment from the rehabilitation centre. The 44 patients were divided into two groups each consisting of 22 children as the experimental group and control group. The mean age, height and weight were 8.27 ± 2.10 years, 123.36 ± 17.33 cm and 25.45 ± 8.87 kg in the experimental group, while the same parameters were 7.27 ± 2.80 years, 109.36 ± 16.99 cm and 20.20 ± 7.16 kg in the control group. Before taking measurements, the consent forms were signed by the families of patients with CP. The physical therapy programme based on the Bobath NDT method which took forty minutes was applied to both groups two days per week. Also, the multi-model sport activity home programme which took 50 minutes was applied regularly during eight weeks and five days a week in the Experimental Group. The Impact on Family Scale, the Gross Motor Function Classification System, the Gross Motor Function Measure, One Minute Walk Test, the time standing on the left and right foot, and Visual Pain Analog Scale were evaluated before and after the eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme.<italic>Results</italic>: There were no significant differences in some measurements including the Gross Motor Function Classification System, the Gross Motor Function Measure, One Minute Walk Test, and the time standing on the left and right foot. A significant difference was found only in the Visual Pain Analog Scale (p = 0.003).<italic>Conclusion</italic>: The effects of the eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme can contribute to a decrease in pain level of children with cerebral palsy.</abstract>

Study aim: This study was performed to investigate the effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral palsy.Material and methods: The study included 44 patients (11 girls, and 33 boys) aged between 4 and 11 years, having spastic diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy, and receiving physical treatment from the rehabilitation centre. The 44 patients were divided into two groups each consisting of 22 children as the experimental group and control group. The mean age, height and weight were 8.27 ± 2.10 years, 123.36 ± 17.33 cm and 25.45 ± 8.87 kg in the experimental group, while the same parameters were 7.27 ± 2.80 years, 109.36 ± 16.99 cm and 20.20 ± 7.16 kg in the control group. Before taking measurements, the consent forms were signed by the families of patients with CP. The physical therapy programme based on the Bobath NDT method which took forty minutes was applied to both groups two days per week. Also, the multi-model sport activity home programme which took 50 minutes was applied regularly during eight weeks and five days a week in the Experimental Group. The Impact on Family Scale, the Gross Motor Function Classification System, the Gross Motor Function Measure, One Minute Walk Test, the time standing on the left and right foot, and Visual Pain Analog Scale were evaluated before and after the eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme.Results: There were no significant differences in some measurements including the Gross Motor Function Classification System, the Gross Motor Function Measure, One Minute Walk Test, and the time standing on the left and right foot. A significant difference was found only in the Visual Pain Analog Scale (p = 0.003).Conclusion: The effects of the eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme can contribute to a decrease in pain level of children with cerebral palsy.

The effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral palsy

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine

Sport-Health Science Department of Physical Education and Sports College

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: This study was performed to investigate the effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral...

The effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral palsy

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

Page range: 105 - 114

Received: Dec 30, 2019

Accepted: Mar 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2020-0014

Keywords
Home exercise programme, Cerebral palsy, Sports activities

© 2020 Sema Özandaç Polat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The effects of an eight-week multi-model sport activity home programme on function of children with cerebral palsy

Published Online: Apr 13, 2020

Page range: 105 - 114

Received: Dec 30, 2019

Accepted: Mar 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2020-0014

KeywordsHome exercise programme, Cerebral palsy, Sports activities

© 2020 Sema Özandaç Polat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Home exercise programme, Cerebral palsy, Sports activities