Effect of arm cycling on gait of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Joint Authors
al-Shinnawi, Shuruq A. W.
Abd al-Wahhab, Manal S.
Husayn, Zaynab A.
Source
The Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 3 (31 Jul. 2014), pp.273-279, 7 p.
Publisher
Egyptian Society of Human Genetics
Publication Date
2014-07-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
-Background: Arm swing during gait is usually neglected, as it is not an essential component of walking that it spontaneously occurs, so there are doubts if it affects gait or not.
The upper limb in hemiplegic cerebral palsy is more involved than the lower limb.
The aim of this study was to enhance swinging of arm by using arm cycling and assess its impact on both upper and lower limb joints’ angular displacements during gait cycle of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Methods: Forty-eight hemiplegic cerebral palsy children participated in this study (18 boys, 30 girls) with an average age of 5.1 ±0.87 years.
Children were randomly assigned to two groups, study group (A) and control group (B).
The study group received arm cycling in addition to gait training exercise, while the control group received gait training exercises only.
Three dimensional (3D) motion analysis was used before and after the training program to evaluate the angular displacements of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and ankle joints during gait sub phases.
Results: Results showed a significant improvement (p< 0.05) in arm swing.
Improvement was manifested by decreasing flexion angular displacements of shoulder and elbow joints.
Also there was a significant increase (p<0.05) in flexion angular displacements of the hip and ankle joints during gait cycle.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Zaynab A.& Abd al-Wahhab, Manal S.& al-Shinnawi, Shuruq A. W.. 2014. Effect of arm cycling on gait of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics،Vol. 15, no. 3, pp.273-279.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-388594
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Zaynab A.…[et al.]. Effect of arm cycling on gait of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics Vol. 15, no. 3 (Jul. 2014), pp.273-279.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-388594
American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Zaynab A.& Abd al-Wahhab, Manal S.& al-Shinnawi, Shuruq A. W.. Effect of arm cycling on gait of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics. 2014. Vol. 15, no. 3, pp.273-279.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-388594
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 278-279
Record ID
BIM-388594