Slackline Training in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

[EN] Objective: To assess whether a slackline intervention program improves postural control in children/adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Patients’ association. Participants: Twenty-seven children/adolescents with spastic CP (9–16 years) wer...

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Autores: Federolf, Peter A., Santos, Luis, Santos Rodríguez, Luis, Cos González-Taladriz, Lucía de, Argüelles, Juan, González Eguren, Vicente, Winge, Kristian, Iscar, Marta, Olmedillas, Hugo, Cervantes Blanco, Miguel, Valenzuelo, Pedro L., Lucia, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión borrador
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Ajuntament de Barcelona
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/20033
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educación Física
Neuro-disability
Motor Disorders
Rehabilitation
Exercise
Non-conventional Balance Therapy
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Sumario:[EN] Objective: To assess whether a slackline intervention program improves postural control in children/adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Patients’ association. Participants: Twenty-seven children/adolescents with spastic CP (9–16 years) were randomly assigned to a slackline intervention (n = 14, 13 ± 3 years) or control group (n = 13, 12 ± 2 years ). Intervention: Three slackline sessions per week (30 min/session) for 6 weeks. Main outcome measures: The primary outcome was static posturography (center of pressure—CoP—parameters). The secondary outcomes were surface myoelectrical activity of the lower-limb muscles during the posturography test and jump performance (countermovement jump test and Abalakov test). Overall (RPE, >6–20 scale) rating of perceived exertion was recorded at the end of each intervention session. Results: The intervention was perceived as “very light” (RPE = 7.6 ± 0.6). The intervention yielded significant benefits on static posturography (a significant group by time interaction on Xspeed, p = 0.006) and jump performance (a significant group by time interaction on Abalakov test, p = 0.015). Conclusions: Slackline training improved static postural control and motor skills and was perceived as non-fatiguing in children/adolescents with spastic CP.

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