Balance (ability)

Physical therapy

Psychology

Medicine

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

The Medical Journal of Cairo University/The Medical Journal of Cairo University

Background: Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy bearing weight mostly through the unaffected leg and may be a strategy to compensate for muscle paresis in the hemiplegic leg causing fatigue of unaffected limb and impaired balance.Aim: To determine the immediate effect of induced fatigue of unaffected limb on balance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.Patients and Methods: 29 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (8.9 ± 2.3 years).Before and after induced fatigue of unaffected limb the balance were recorded by Biodex balance system.Results: There were significant difference before and after fatigue in balance overall stability index ( p<0.001), antroposterior stability index (p=0.003),mediolatral stability index (p=0.002). Conclusion:Fatigue of unaffected limb deteriorates balance in children with hemiplegia.

Effect of Induced Fatigue of Unaffected Limb on Balance in Children with Hemiplegia