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Abstract Background: Children with cerebral palsy suffer from deficits in balance, motor control, and pelvic malalignment. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between pelvic alignment, standing balance and selective voluntary motor control in children with spastic diplegia. Methods: One hundred children with spastic diplegia aged from five to eleven years participated in this study. Their pelvic alignment (pelvic tilt, pelvic rotation, and pelvic inclination), standing balance (overall, anteroposterior, and mediolateral stability indices), and selective voluntary motor control were evaluated using Formetric instrumentation system, Biodex system, and Selective Control Assessment of the Lower Extremity scale respectively. Results: The results showed a positive significant correlation between pelvic tilt, overall and mediolateral stability indices. Also, there was a negative nonsignificant correlation between pelvic tilt and anteroposterior stability index, negative non-significant correlation between pelvic rotation, overall and anteroposterior stability indices, and positive non-significant correlation between pelvic rotation and mediolateral stability index. Positive significant correlation between pelvic inclination, overall, anteroposterior, and mediolateral stability indices were found. Negative non-significant correlation between pelvic tilt and pelvic inclination with selective voluntary motor control, and negative significant correlation between pelvic rotation and selective voluntary motor control were also found. Conclusion: pelvic malalignment affects standing balance and selective voluntary motor control abilities in children with spastic diplegia. |