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KMID : 1012020160050040205
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Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
2016 Volume.5 No. 4 p.205 ~ p.209
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Effects of kinesio taping on the gait parameters of children with cerebral palsy: a pilot study
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Junga Sun-Hye
Song Sun-Hae
Kim Da-Rye
Kim Seul-Gi
Park Ye-Jin
Son Yeon-Jung
Lee Gyu-Chang
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Abstract
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Objective: Children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy show weakness especially in the lower-extremity rather than upper-extremity muscles and display characteristics such as asymmetric alignment, deficits in postural control or balance ability, and slow walking speed. Various therapeutic interventions are applied to children with cerebral palsy, of which taping is widely used in the field of rehabilitation, however, there are few studies of the effects of kinesio taping on gait patterns of children with cerebral palsy. The present study investigated the effects of kinesio taping on gait parameters of children with cerebral palsy.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: Four children with spastic diplegia participated in this study. The participants’ gait parameters while walking 10 m with and without kinesio taping (tibialis anterior, quadriceps femoris, and gluteus maximus) were recorded. Gait parameters including gait velocity, cadence, step length, stride length, single support time, and double support time were evaluated using the GAITRite. Mean values were obtained after having the subjects walk three times in each condition with a 5-minute rest period between each condition. The order of each condition was assigned randomly.
Results: There were significant improvements in gait velocity, step length, stride length, and single support time of the right leg with kinesio taping condition compared to the without kinesio taping condition taping (p<0.05). However, there were no significant differences in cadence, single support time of the left leg, or double support time.
Conclusions: The results show that kinesio taping may have a positive effect for improving gait parameters of children with spastic diplegia. However, its usefulness in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy needs to be further investigated.
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KEYWORD
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Cerebral palsy, Gait, Kinesio taping
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