Effectiveness of rebound therapy for management of muscle tone in children with cerebral palsy

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to identify the effectiveness of rebound therapy for management of muscle tone in children cerebral palsy. Objectives: To identify and analyze the effectiveness of rebound therapy for management of tone children of CP. Methodology: Twelve CP children were randomly selected from indoor pediatric unit, CRP and then 6 CP children were randomly assigned for rebound therapy with conventional physiotherapy group and 6 CP children with were randomly assigned for only conventional physiotherapy in this randomized control trial study. As the study was a single blinded study which has been conducted at pediatric department in CRP, Savar. The Ashworth scale was used to measure muscle tone. Results: Data was analyzed by using Mann Whitney “U” test and Microsoft Excel Worksheet 2013 was used to decorate data according to Ashworth scale.In Experimental group, Mean difference of muscle tone at quadriceps femoris (Right), quadriceps femoris (Left), Hamstrings (Right), Hamstrings (Left), Gastrocnemius (Right), Gastrocnemius (Left), Biceps brachi (Right), Biceps brachi (Left), Wrist flexors (Right) and Wrist flexors (Left) was 1, 1, 1.5, 1.4, 1.9, 1.9, 0.5, 0.7, 0.3 and 0.5 more than control group.After observing pre-test and post-test score rebound therapy more significant for lower limbs muscle tone than upper limbs muscle tone. Butthe significant improvement wasn‟t found. P-value was > 0.05. Improvements were not statistically significant. But according to mean difference this study has found greater improvement over control group. Conclusion: This experimental study shows that rebound therapy with conventional physiotherapy is more effective than only conventional physiotherapy. Keywords: Cerebral Palsy, Rebound therapy, Muscle tone and conventional physiotherapy.