Helping Children with Cerebral Palsy: Locomotor Treadmill Training or Strength Training

Introduction Cerebral palsy is a disease involving the brain and nervous system that causes movement, learning, hearing, vision and thinking. The number of children diagnosed with CP has increased since the 1960's (Mattern-Baxter, 2010). It is important that after a child has been diagnosed with CP it will help to restore the ability they walk. Cerebral palsy is not a permanent but invariable state requiring the help of medical professionals, children, and their families (Mattern - Baxter, 2010).

Research by Scholtes et al. (2010) We evaluated functional progressive resistance exercise training for cerebral palsy children's exercise and muscular strength. 51 children with unilateral and bilateral spastic cerebral palsy were included in the intervention group. This included 12 weeks of progressive circulation training or a control group receiving normal care. We measured muscular strength and mobility before, during, after, and after 6 weeks of training. The result shows a significant change in muscle strength

When examining the literature on cerebral palsy and the effects of muscular strength, mobility, walking function, paralysis, and muscular strength training on self concepts, it seems that there is a positive correlation between "step-wise task-oriented strength training" . Improve community settings and dependent variables. There is also evidence of a relationship between hypomorphic training and motor function, and there is no evidence that strengthening exercise increases paralysis. Importantly, parents and physical educators must understand the weaknesses of children with cerebral palsy and which movements are effective in certain areas of these concerns (Appendix A).

Nystrom Eek et al. (2008) I studied the effect of muscular strength training on the walking of children with cerebral palsy. Three days a week, eight weeks, 16 children participated in low-fitness training, including free weight, rubber bands, weight. At the start of training, measurements were made using total motor function measurement (GMFM) assessment, range of joint motion assessment, and 3D gait analysis. After the training period, muscular strength of the knee flexor muscle and hip joint muscle increased significantly. GMFM and step size also increased significantly, but the walking speed was not significantly different, and the rhythm decreased after training.