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Title : Effect of motor imagery training on upper extremity functional performance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy
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Abstract
Background: Motor imagery is widely recognized as an effective method to enhance motor performance. Objective: To investigate the effect of motor imagery training on upper extremity functional performance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Method: Thirty children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, aged from 8 to 12 years of both sexes were participated in this study. They were randomly divided into two equal groups; control group and study group. Both groups received designed physical therapy program while, study group received motor imagery training program in addition to the designed physical therapy program. The treatment program was conducted for one hour, three times per week for three successive months for each group. Quality of upper extremity skills was assessed by using Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST). Range of motion of Shoulder flexion and abduction, elbow extension, forearm supination and wrist extension were measured using an electronic goniometer. Assessment was conducted before and after 3 months of treatment for both groups.Results: Significant improvement was recorded in all measuring variables (QUEST and range of motion of shoulder flexion and abduction, elbow extension, forearm supination and wrist extension) in both groups when comparing pre and post treatment values. Also, significant difference was detected in quality of movement for upper extremity performance by QUEST between both groups in favour of study group after three months of treatment. However, there were no statistically significant differences in the mean values of range of motion of shoulder flexion and abduction, elbow extension, forearm supination and wrist extension post treatment between the study and control groups