Effects of 12-Week Aquatic Exercises on Gross Motor Function, Swimming Skills and Walking Ability in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34647700/" target="_blank" >https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34647700/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S2724-5276.21.05896-1" target="_blank" >10.23736/S2724-5276.21.05896-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of 12-Week Aquatic Exercises on Gross Motor Function, Swimming Skills and Walking Ability in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Original language description

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood defined as a group of permanent disorders of movement. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of 12-week aquatic exercise program on gross motor function, swimming skills, and walking ability in children with cerebral palsy. Methods: Eighteen children (Mean ± SD age: 12.3 ± 3 years) with cerebral palsy classified at Levels I, II and III on the Gross Motor Function Classification System were allocated to one group, where the first 12 weeks were a control period while another 12 weeks were an experimental period. The participants underwent the same battery of tests focusing gross motor function, swimming skills, and walking ability on three occasions. Results: Control period was stable with no significant changes in any of measurements. After the 12-week experimental program, a statistically significant improvement was determined in gross motor function (p=0.005), swimming skills (p=0.000), walking endurance and walking (p=0.000). No significant differences (p&gt;0.05) were observed for walking efficiency. Conclusions: The 12-week aquatic exercise program (3/week, 60 minutes), combining Halliwick method, swimming and walking activities may improve the gross motor function, swimming skills, walking endurance and velocity in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Minerva Pediatrics

ISSN

2724-5276

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

76

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

149-160

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85191104480