Serebral paralizili çocuklarda ev egzersiz programinin etkinliǧinin incelenmesi

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of home exercise programs of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Material and Method: Clinical data and information about families of 273 children with CP aged between 2-15, mean of 5,22±4,40 years, were assessed according to the motor developmental level using Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). One-hundred-eighty-three (67,03%) of the subjects were spastic, 19 (6,95%) ataxic, 35 (12,82%) hypotonic and 36 (13,18%) athetoid. One-hundred-forty-seven-were (53,84%) diparetic, 94 (34,43%) quadriparetic and 32 (11,72%) hemiparetic. The families were educated about the home exercise program for the children to perform at home. After six months, all of the children were reassessed according to GMFCS. Results: Before the home exercise program was started only 48 patients (17,59%) could walk independently. After the home program was applied the number of patients who walked independently raised to 64 (23,45%). Depending on GMFCS, the difference between before and after home program was found statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: It is important to continue home rehabilitation and family education programs in children with CP who can not be able to attend institutional rehabilitation programs regularly.