Esmailiyan Mehrnoosh, Marandi Seyed Mohamad, Darvishi Maryam, Haghjooy Javanmard Shaghayegh, Amerizadeh Atefeh
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Ragheb Isfahani Higher Education Institute, Isfahan, Iran.
Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Adv Biomed Res. 2023 Apr 25;12:87. doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_363_21. eCollection 2023.
Cerebral palsy in children is considered a non-progressive brain injury due to abnormal brain development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of aquatic exercises on muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy.
This study was performed on three boys with cerebral palsy with a mean age of 6.5 years. In this research, a single case study method with A1-B-A2 design has been used. After determining the position of the baseline, the intervention began and during 24 sessions of individual intervention, aquatic exercises were presented to the subjects and all three subjects were followed up for 2 consecutive weeks and one month after the end of the intervention. The strength of the flexor muscles of the arms and legs was measured by a power track dynamometer made by JTECK with a threshold of 4.4 N.
Based on the indicators of descriptive statistics and visual analysis, the intervention was effective for all three participants in muscle strength, and the strength of individuals after the intervention has improved compared to the baseline stage (percentage). Information overlap for the first and second participant in the strength of right thigh flexors was 75% and for the third participant was 100%. The strength of the upper and lower torso muscles improved after the end of the training compared to the basic stage.
Aquatic exercises can increase the strength of children with cerebral palsy and provide a favorable environment for children with cerebral palsy.
儿童脑瘫被认为是由于大脑发育异常导致的非进行性脑损伤。本研究的目的是调查为期八周的水上运动对脑瘫儿童肌肉力量的影响。
本研究对三名平均年龄为6.5岁的脑瘫男孩进行。在本研究中，采用了A1-B-A2设计的单病例研究方法。在确定基线位置后开始干预，在24次个体干预过程中，向受试者进行水上运动，并在干预结束后对所有三名受试者连续随访2周和1个月。使用JTECK制造的功率跟踪测力计测量手臂和腿部屈肌的力量，阈值为4.4N。
基于描述性统计指标和视觉分析，干预对所有三名参与者的肌肉力量均有效，与基线阶段相比，干预后个体的力量有所提高（百分比）。右大腿屈肌力量方面，第一名和第二名参与者的信息重叠率为75%，第三名参与者为100%。与基础阶段相比，训练结束后上半身和下半身肌肉的力量有所改善。
水上运动可以增强脑瘫儿童的力量，并为脑瘫儿童提供一个有利的环境。
