The Use of the 6MWT for Rehabilitation in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Narrative Review

Assessing and improving walking abilities is considered one of the most important functional goals of physical therapy in children with cerebral palsy. However, there is still a gap in knowledge regarding the efficacy of treatment targeting the walking capacity of children with CP, as well as their...

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Autores principales: Romeo, Domenico M., Venezia, Ilaria, De Biase, Margherita, Sini, Francesca, Velli, Chiara, Mercuri, Eugenio, Brogna, Claudia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36675689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010028
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author Romeo, Domenico M.
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Sini, Francesca
Velli, Chiara
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Brogna, Claudia
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description Assessing and improving walking abilities is considered one of the most important functional goals of physical therapy in children with cerebral palsy. However, there is still a gap in knowledge regarding the efficacy of treatment targeting the walking capacity of children with CP, as well as their responsiveness to the treatment. The 6 min walk test (6MWT) is a reliable tool to measure this function in children with CP, although less has been known about its potential efficacy to assess changes in the walking abilities associated with interventions. The aim of the present narrative review is to increase the amount of knowledge regarding the use of the 6MWT as a reliable measure to evaluate the effect of interventions on walking capacity in children with CP.
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spelling pubmed-98635132023-01-22 The Use of the 6MWT for Rehabilitation in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Narrative Review Romeo, Domenico M. Venezia, Ilaria De Biase, Margherita Sini, Francesca Velli, Chiara Mercuri, Eugenio Brogna, Claudia J Pers Med Review Assessing and improving walking abilities is considered one of the most important functional goals of physical therapy in children with cerebral palsy. However, there is still a gap in knowledge regarding the efficacy of treatment targeting the walking capacity of children with CP, as well as their responsiveness to the treatment. The 6 min walk test (6MWT) is a reliable tool to measure this function in children with CP, although less has been known about its potential efficacy to assess changes in the walking abilities associated with interventions. The aim of the present narrative review is to increase the amount of knowledge regarding the use of the 6MWT as a reliable measure to evaluate the effect of interventions on walking capacity in children with CP. MDPI 2022-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9863513/ /pubmed/36675689 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010028 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Romeo, Domenico M.
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Sini, Francesca
Velli, Chiara
Mercuri, Eugenio
Brogna, Claudia
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36675689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13010028
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