Abid Khan, Sumaira Imran Farooqui, Amna Aamir Khan.
Compare the effect of body weight supported treadmill training with overground gait training on balance in spastic cerebral palsy.
Pak J Rehabil Jan ;5(2):25-31.

OBJECTIVE: Compare the effect of body weight supported treadmill training with over ground gait training on balance in spastic cerebral palsy. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized Control Trail. STUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTS: This study was conducted in a Rehabilitation Centre. Twenty eight participants were recruited, fifteen in experimental group and thirteen in control group. All participants were spastic and classified I, II & III at GMCFS. INTERVENTIONS: Treatment was given for three days in a week for consecutive period of six weeks which includes BWSTT and over ground gait training. OUTCOME MEASURES: The outcome was measured by using Berg Balance Scale, Brunel Balance Scale, TUG, and TST and Timed 360 Turn. RESULTS: Both the techniques shown positive results but BWSTT had shown better result with the mean improvement in Berg Balance Scale (29±7.91 from 25.6±7.46), TUG (22.2±4.2sec from 19.4±4.1sec),Brunel Balance Scale (7.4±2.34 from 6.27±2.52),TST (5.73±1.6 from4.07±1.58) & Timed 360 Turn (9.4±2.02 sec to 7.87±2.23 sec) with comparison to control group which had a mean improvement in Berg Balance Scale (28.08±7.11 from 26.38±7.14), TUG (21.46±4.0sec from 19.54±3.79), Brunel Balance Scale (7.31±2.32from 6.54±2.60), TST(5.46±1.56 from 4.31±1.54) & Timed 360 Turn (9.23±1.69sec to 7.85±1.67secs).

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