ABSTRACT
To study the efficacy of "Strength Training" on gait parameters of spastic CP. Informal experimental design [before and after no control group design]. Child Development Centre, Valancheri, Kerala. Twenty six spastic cerebral palsy children with a mean age of 4.6 years, including nine male and eighteen females were studied for a total duration of eight months. All the children were selected following strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study group was a mix of children with crouching, hemiparesis and vertical knee stiffness. Following the baseline evaluation procedures, the children were treated with specially structured Strength Training under the NSCA guidelines. Post intervention data were collected at the end of four months of training. Gait speed, one minute walk test, timed up and go test, thirty seconds sit to stand test, ten meter walk test, Community Balance and Mobility scale, "Modified Ashworth Scale". The pre and post-test values were treated statistically using SPSS software. Student's t-test and Wilcoxon signed rank sum test were used to study the significance. An analysis was done to assess the effects of the intervention on subgroups of CP also. Compound resistance training is effective to improve the gait parameters in spastic cerebral palsy children. Children with crouching demonstrated superior improvements in the gait parameters compared to children with hemiparesis and stiff knee