INTRODUCTION : Spastic diplegia ‘s particular type of brain damage inhibits the proper development of upper motor neuron function,impacting the motor cortex,the basal ganglia and the corticospinal tract.This abnormally high muscle tone that results creates life long difficulty with all voluntary and passive movement in the legs and in general creates stress over time.Constant spasticity ultimately produces pain,muscle/joint break down.
OBJECTIVE : It is an experimental study design to determine the
effectiveness of static bicycle on improving pediatric endurance n spastic diplegic
cerebral palsy children.
DESIGN: The study was Pre-test and post-test experimental group design.
PARTICIPANTS : A sample of 40 spastic diplegic cerebral palsy children were divided in to 2 groups :
Group A :Experimental group :Treated with static bicycle
Group B : Control group treated with traditional stretching and
mat activities.
OUTCOME MEASURES : Pediatric endurance was measured using 600-yard walk run test and 30 sec walk test.
RESULTS : Statistically group A was significant when compared to group B which received
stationary bicycle.
CONCLUSION : The study concludes that stationary bicycling in beneficial in improving
paediatric endurance in patients with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.Thus, this study accepts
the alternate hypothesis
