Effect of Core Stability Excercises Program on Reaching in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Effect of Core Stability Excercises Program on Reaching in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Purpose of the study:

To evaluate effect of core stability exercises program on upper limb reaching in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy.

Thirty spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsied children of both sexes will be selected from General hospitals and private centers in El-Minia government with the following criteria:

1. The age of the selected children ranged from 3 To 6 years old.
2. Degree of spasticity is ranging from 1 to 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale
3. Children in study group will be treated using core stability exercises program in addition to traditional program and children in the control group will be treated using traditional physical therapy program.
4. Trunk control measurement scale and pediatric reach test will be used to evaluate each child individually before and after 6 successive weeks of treatment, three times per week.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The age of the selected children ranged from 3 To 6 years old.
2. Degree of spasticity is ranging from 1 to 1+, according to modified Ashworth scale(Bohannon and Smith, 1987).
3. Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Fructures and fixed deformities