?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Effect+of+Modified+Suit+Therapy+in+Spastic+Diplegic+Cerebral+Palsy+-+A+Single+Blinded+Randomized+Controlled+Trial&rft.creator=Alagesan%2C+Jagatheesan&rft.creator=Shetty%2C+Angelina&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background+%26+Objective%3A+Development+of+gross+motor+function+in+children+with+cerebral+palsy+has+been+a+primary+goal+of+physical+therapists+for+decades.+Suit+therapy+has+been+proposed+as+an+adjunct+to+conventional+physiotherapy+to+treat+the+impairments+associated+with+cerebral+palsy.+Providing+an+orthosis+along+with+the+conventional+therapy+improves+the+motor+performance+of+the+child.+Hence%2C+this+study+aimed+to+determine+the+effect+of+modified+suit+therapy+in+gross+motor+function+of+spastic+diplegic+children.+Method%3A+A+simple+random+sample+of+30+spastic+diplegic+subjects+in+age+group+of+4-12+years+fulfilling+inclusion+criteria+from+Mobility+India%2C+Bangalore+was+included.+The+outcome+was+evaluated+using+Gross+Motor+Function+Measure-88+scale+before+and+after+the+intervention.+Suit+therapy+along+with+the+conventional+therapy+is+given+for+2hrs+daily+for+duration+of+3+weeks.+Results+%26+Conclusion%3A+Wilcoxon+signed+rank+test+and+Mann-Whitney+U+test+were+used+to+find+the+significance+of+improvement+before+and+after+the+intervention.+There+was+statistically+significant+difference+between+the+experimental+and+control+groups+(P%3D0.030).+It+is+concluded+that+modified+suit+therapy+along+with+conventional+physiotherapy+is+effective+in+improving+the+gross+motor+function+of+children+with+spastic+diplegic+cerebral+palsy.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7257%2F1%2F2010-4-14.pdf&rft.identifier=++Alagesan%2C+Jagatheesan+and+Shetty%2C+Angelina++(2011)+Effect+of+Modified+Suit+Therapy+in+Spastic+Diplegic+Cerebral+Palsy+-+A+Single+Blinded+Randomized+Controlled+Trial.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7257%2F