dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-26T17:54:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-26T17:54:56Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-08-20T11:46:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fosdahl, Merete Aarsland Jahnsen, Reidun Birgitta Kvalheim, Kristin Holm, Inger . Effect of a Combined Stretching and Strength Training Program on Gait Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy, GMFCS Level I & II: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Medicina (Kaunas). 2019, 55(6) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/77233 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background and objectives: Ambulant children with cerebral palsy (CP) often develop impaired gait, and reduced active knee extension is often a part of the problem. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a combined intervention program including stretching and progressive resistance exercise (PRE) targeting active knee extension on gait function, in children with spastic CP. Materials and methods: Thirty-seven children (21 boys, 16 girls, mean age 10.2 (±2.3) years), classified by Gross Motor Function Classification System I–III, were randomized to an intervention (n = 17) and a comparison group (n = 20). The intervention group received a 16-week combined exercise program (3 sessions per week) including stretching of hamstrings and PRE targeting the lower extremities, followed by a 16-week maintenance program (1 session per week). The comparison group received care as usual. Gait function was evaluated by three-dimensional gait analysis (3DGA); knee, hip and pelvic kinematics in the sagittal plane, step length and speed, Gait Deviation Index (GDI), and Six-Minute Walk test (6MWT) at 0, 16, and 32 weeks. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention group and the comparison group for any of the gait parameters measured at 16 and 32 weeks. There was a significant increase in gait distance measured by 6MWT within both groups; however, no differences between the groups were found. Conclusion: A 16-week combined stretching and PRE program followed by a 16-week maintenance program did not improve gait function in ambulant children with CP. | |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Fosdahl, Merete Aarsland (2020) Hamstring muscle length in ambulant children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy: Development and physiotherapy treatment. Doctoral thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10852/79317 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/79317 | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Effect of a Combined Stretching and Strength Training Program on Gait Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy, GMFCS Level I & II: A Randomized Controlled Trial | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.creator.author | Fosdahl, Merete Aarsland | |
dc.creator.author | Jahnsen, Reidun Birgitta | |
dc.creator.author | Kvalheim, Kristin | |
dc.creator.author | Holm, Inger | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,52,10,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Avdeling for tverrfaglig helsevitenskap | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1717330 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Medicina (Kaunas)&rft.volume=55&rft.spage=&rft.date=2019 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Medicina (Kaunas) | |
dc.identifier.volume | 55 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55060250 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-80375 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 1010-660X | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/77233/1/Fosdahl_et_al_2019.pdf | |
dc.type.version | PublishedVersion | |
cristin.articleid | 250 | |