Article

Cerebral palsy (CP) leads to various clinical signs mainly induced by
muscle spasticity and muscle weakness. Among these ones impaired balance and
posture are very common. Traditional physical therapy exercise programs are
focusing on this aspect, but it is difficult to motivate patients to regularly
perform these exercises, especially at home without therapist supervision.
Specially developed serious games (SG) could therefore be an interesting option
to motivate children to perform specific exercise for balance improvement.
METHOD: Ten CP children participated in this study. Patients received four
sessions of SG included into conventional therapy (1 session of 30 min a week
during 4 weeks). Trunk control and balance were assessed using Trunk Control
Motor Scale (TCMS) before and after interventions. RESULTS: Children presented a
significant improvement in TCMS global score after interventions [37.6 (8.7) and
39.6 (9.5) before and after interventions, respectively, p = 0.04]. CONCLUSION:
SG could therefore be an interesting option to integrate in the conventional
treatment of CP children. Implication for Rehabilitation Cerebral palsy (CP)
leads to balance issues. Rehabilitation exercises are not performed (enough) at
home. Serious games (SG) could increase patients' motivation. SG increase balance
control of CP children.

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