Clinical effectiveness of an individually tailored strengthening programme, including progressive resistance exercises and advice, compared to usual care for ambulant adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (ROBUST trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial

Clinical effectiveness of an individually tailored strengthening programme, including progressive resistance exercises and advice, compared to usual care for ambulant adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (ROBUST trial): a parallel group randomized controlled trial

Aims: Muscle strengthening exercises are one of the interventions frequently prescribed by physiotherapists for adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). However, there is wide variability in the exercise regimes used and limited evidence of their effectiveness. The ROBUST trial will assess the clinica...

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Main Authors: Sally Hopewell, David J. Keene, Ioana Marian, Daniel C. Perry, Ines Rombach, Morag Andrew, Catherine Barry, Loretta Davis, Gregory Firth, Heidi Fletcher, Beth Fordham, Vivi Gregory Osborne, Helen Gregory Osborne, Lesley Katchburian, Joanna O'Mahoney, Jeremy Parr, Rachel Rapson, Jennifer Ryan, Elnaz Saeedi, Megan Stone, Helen Wood, Tim Theologis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2025-05-01
Series:Bone & Joint Open
Subjects:
cerebral palsy
strengthening exercises
physiotherapy trial
resistance exercises
randomized controlled trial
physiotherapists
physiotherapy
exercise programme
clinicians
muscle strength
gross motor function classification system
spastic cerebral palsy
Online Access:https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/epdf/10.1302/2633-1462.65.BJO-2024-0268
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