ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2022
Effect of Pilates Exercises on Standing, Walking, and Balance in Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy.
Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT05969873 (Effect Of Pilates On Postural Control And Balance In Children With Down's Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Effect Of Pilates On Postural Control And Balance In Children With Down's Syndrome
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Pilates exercises on balance and gross motor coordination in children with Down syndrome.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2024Trial
- Optimization of Postural Control, Balance, and Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Comparative Analysis of Independent and Integrated Effects of Pilates and Plyometrics.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association Between Calf Muscle Tone, Plantar Surface Area, and Gross Motor Function in Children with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
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- Erratum issued
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze how Pilates exercises affect standing, walking, and balance in children with diplegic cerebral palsy throughout a 10-week program.
methodsWe included 40 children aged 7-9 years with diplegic cerebral palsy, and randomly allocated them into two groups of the same size: conventional therapy group (group A) and conventional therapy+Pilates group (group B). We administered the same conventional physical therapy program to both groups for 45 minutes, with group B receiving additional Pilates exercises for 45 minutes. Both groups attended the intervention program three times/week for 10 weeks. We used the Growth Motor Function Measure Scale (GMFM-88) to evaluate standing and walking (Dimensions D and E), and the Pediatric Balance Scale to evaluate balance function before and after treatment.
resultsComparison of the average values of all measured variables before and after therapy showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between the two groups. All measured variables showed a significant difference between groups A and B, in favor of group B (p<0.05).
conclusionPilates exercise in addition to conventional therapy is more effective in improving balance and gross motor function in children with diplegic cerebral palsy than the conventional therapy alone.
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