Effect of Gait training on a Treadmill in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Abstract
Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder appearing in children due to damage of the brain before it has fully developed. The damage to the brain affects strictly the motor system, producing poor coordination, poor balance, or abnormal movement patterns. The motor disorder causes gait abnormal pattern which uses more energy expenditure and decrease of gait velocity during walking therefore, limits of activity daily living that causes problems in communication, behavior, cognition and perception. Therefore, the aims of treatment are decrease of energy expenditure, increase gait velocity during walking, improve muscle coordination, improve balance or postureand improve gait pattern. Recently, several researches were found that gait training on treadmill with partial body weight support (PBWS) uses a treadmill to control walking velocity slow rates of walking. Advantages of gait training on a treadmill that promote decrease of energy expenditure during walking and improve muscle coordination, because the gait training on treadmill with PBWS was concept of motor control and motor learning. Treadmill control of walking velocity, constant speed provides the rhythmic input that reinforces a coordinated reciprocal pattern of movement. Advantages of the PBWS that reduce weight bearing to provide increase postural control reduce the risk of fall to the patient.
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