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Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial

This study aimed to explore the long-term effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance in children with cerebral palsy. Thirty-nine children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy were randomly allocated to one of two groups: control or study. The children in...

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Autores principales: Khalil, Mohamed E., Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed A., Abdelraouf, Osama R., Mohamed, Mariam E., Harraz, Eman M., Dawood, Reem S., Abouelkheir, Reham A. A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020394
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author Khalil, Mohamed E.
Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed A.
Abdelraouf, Osama R.
Mohamed, Mariam E.
Harraz, Eman M.
Dawood, Reem S.
Abouelkheir, Reham A. A.
author_facet Khalil, Mohamed E.
Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed A.
Abdelraouf, Osama R.
Mohamed, Mariam E.
Harraz, Eman M.
Dawood, Reem S.
Abouelkheir, Reham A. A.
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description This study aimed to explore the long-term effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance in children with cerebral palsy. Thirty-nine children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy were randomly allocated to one of two groups: control or study. The children in both groups received traditional physical therapy three times per week for six months. In addition, the children in the study group received hyperbaric oxygen therapy five times/week for eight weeks. The GAITRite system and pediatric balance scale were used to assess spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance at baseline, post-intervention, and six months after the cessation of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Post-intervention means of all measured parameters were significantly higher than pre-intervention means, but only for the study group (p < 0.05). However, both groups’ means at the six-month follow up were significantly greater than those at pre-intervention (p < 0.05). At the post-intervention and follow-up evaluations, comparisons between groups revealed a statistically significant difference in all measured parameters for the study group against the control group (p < 0.05). It can be concluded that adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy to physical therapy rehabilitation could be effective in improving spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance in children with cerebral palsy.
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spelling pubmed-99559982023-02-25 Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial Khalil, Mohamed E. Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed A. Abdelraouf, Osama R. Mohamed, Mariam E. Harraz, Eman M. Dawood, Reem S. Abouelkheir, Reham A. A. Children (Basel) Article This study aimed to explore the long-term effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance in children with cerebral palsy. Thirty-nine children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy were randomly allocated to one of two groups: control or study. The children in both groups received traditional physical therapy three times per week for six months. In addition, the children in the study group received hyperbaric oxygen therapy five times/week for eight weeks. The GAITRite system and pediatric balance scale were used to assess spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance at baseline, post-intervention, and six months after the cessation of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Post-intervention means of all measured parameters were significantly higher than pre-intervention means, but only for the study group (p < 0.05). However, both groups’ means at the six-month follow up were significantly greater than those at pre-intervention (p < 0.05). At the post-intervention and follow-up evaluations, comparisons between groups revealed a statistically significant difference in all measured parameters for the study group against the control group (p < 0.05). It can be concluded that adding hyperbaric oxygen therapy to physical therapy rehabilitation could be effective in improving spatiotemporal gait parameters and functional balance in children with cerebral palsy. MDPI 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9955998/ /pubmed/36832523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020394 Text en © 2023 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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Khalil, Mohamed E.
Abdel Ghafar, Mohamed A.
Abdelraouf, Osama R.
Mohamed, Mariam E.
Harraz, Eman M.
Dawood, Reem S.
Abouelkheir, Reham A. A.
Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_full Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_fullStr Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_full_unstemmed Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_short Long-Term Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Gait and Functional Balance Skills in Cerebral Palsy Children—A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_sort long-term effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on gait and functional balance skills in cerebral palsy children—a randomized clinical trial
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020394
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