Clinical effectiveness of a child-specific dynamic stretching programme, compared to usual care, for ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy (SPELL trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial

Clinical effectiveness of a child-specific dynamic stretching programme, compared to usual care, for ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy (SPELL trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial

Aims: Dynamic muscle stretching exercises are one of the interventions frequently prescribed by physiotherapists for children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, there is wide variability in the exercise regimes used and limited evidence of their effectiveness. The SPELL trial will assess the clinic...

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Main Authors: Tim Theologis, Daniel C. Perry, Ines Rombach, David J. Keene, Ioana R. Marian, Morag Andrew, Catherine Barry, Loretta Davis, Gregory Firth, Heidi Fletcher, Beth Fordham, Vivi Gregory Osborne, Helen Gregory Osborne, Lesley Katchburian, Joanna O'Mahoney, Jeremy R. Parr, Rachel Rapson, Jennifer Ryan, Fema Er, Megan Stone, Helen Wood, Sally Hopewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2025-05-01
Series:Bone & Joint Open
Subjects:
cerebral palsy
dynamic stretching
physiotherapy trial
randomized controlled trial
physiotherapists
physiotherapy
exercise programme
spastic cerebral palsy
gross motor function classification system
muscle stretching exercises
clinicians
orthopaedic surgery
Online Access:https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.65.BJO-2024-0267
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