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KMID : 1211620160110030133
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2016 Volume.11 No. 3 p.133 ~ p.139
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The Effects of Visual Biofeedback Balance Training on Functional Ability in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study
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Yun Chang-Kyo
Yoo Ji-Na
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Abstract
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of balance training on a three-dimensional balance trainer that provides the up-and-down vertical movement of the knee jointand left-and-right horizontal movement, along with visual feedback on the functional ability of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CPs).
METHODS: 8 CPs participated in this study. The experiment was implemented for 40 minutes, three times a week for a total of six weeks. The subjects received general physiotherapy for 15 minutes in each session focused on balance and walking, as based on the neuro-developmental treatment theory. Balance training was performed for 20 minutes on a three-dimensional balance trainer where knee joint movement providing visual feedback is applied. The evaluations were conducted before and after the test, and posture sway was measured using 10 Meter Walking Test (10MWT), Timed Up & Go Test (TUG), and the Good Balance System to evaluate the functional ability and balance of the subjects.
RESULTS: 10MWT was not statistically significant (p>.05). On the contrary, TUG and postural sway indicate static balance showed a statistically significant decrease (p<.05). In a static balance test using the Good Balance System, the average moving speedstatistically significantly decreased in the AP and ML directions (p<.05), and the mean velocity moment also significantly decreased (p<.05).
CONCLUSION: These findings suggested that balance training using the three-dimensional balance trainer, with the features of visual feedback and up-and-down knee joint movement effects on increasing dynamic and static balance.
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KEYWORD
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Balance training, Visual feedback, Cerebral palsy
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