Benefits and Enjoyment of a Swimming Intervention for Youth With Cerebral Palsy

Declerck, Marlies; Verheul, Martine; Daly, Daniel; Sanders, Ross

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“…There is evidence that positive feelings and high levels of enjoyment and satisfaction during physical activity are associated with increased levels of exercise adherence . Our results are in agreement with Declerck et al and McNamara et al studies who reported high levels of enjoyment following a swimming training programme in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and in elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respectively. We, also, found that the level of enjoyment did not differ between boys and girls which is in line with a previous study in high school students …”

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“…This notion has been strengthened by the results of the present and a previous study which reported that the incorporation of experienced‐based (practical application) learning activities may improve aquaticity (in the present study) and water safety skills in healthy primary school students. Furthermore, the results of this study are in line with previous studies that examined the effects of specialised swimming training programmes (10 weeks) and reported an increase in swimming‐aquatic skills in diseased (autism, cerebral palsy) children and adolescents …”

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“…. Previous studies that examined the efficacy of swimming training programmes, in untrained youths, have been mainly performed in diseased children and adolescents, reporting significant improvements in body composition, physical fitness, lung function, functional ability and quality of life, as well as in swimming skills and aquatic orientation, while very few studies have been performed in healthy children.…”

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“…7 Although, swimming is one of the most popular modes of physical activity that might provide health benefits to different populations has received less scientific attention compared with other modes of exercise (ie walking, running etc.). 8 Previous studies that examined the efficacy of swimming training programmes, in untrained youths, have been mainly performed in diseased children and adolescents, reporting significant improvements in body composition, physical fitness, lung function, functional ability and quality of life, as well as in swimming skills and aquatic orientation, [9][10][11][12][13] while very few studies have been performed in healthy children.…”

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Aim The main objectives of this research were to a) examine the test‐retest reliability of aquaticity test (study 1), b) investigate the efficacy of ‘swimming lesson’, during the physical education course, in the aquaticity (study 2) and c) examine enjoyment from the ‘swimming lesson’ (study 3) in primary school students of the 3rd grade. Methods In the first study, 23 students performed 2 assessment sessions for the evaluation of aquaticity, separated by 1 week. In the second study, 30 students followed a short‐term swimming training programme (9 sessions). Before and after the programme, students’ aquaticity was assessed. In the third study, enjoyment was examined in 273 students who followed the short‐term swimming programme. Results The test‐retest reliability for the assessment of students’ aquaticity was high (ICC = 0.87‐0.99). Paired t tests, also, revealed significant improvement (28‐62.7%) in the aquaticity of the children following the swimming programme. A great percentage of students reported high levels of enjoyment (92.2%). Conclusion A short‐term swimming programme, incorporated into the physical education course, is an enjoyable exercise modality that may be used for the improvement of children's aquaticity. We, also, found that the testing protocol may be reliably used for the evaluation of aquaticity in the paediatric population.

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“…Su sporlarının SP'li çocuklar için daha yararlı olacağını ve diğer egzersizler içinde cesaret verici olacağını belirtmişlerdir 35 . Derclerck ve arkadaşları 7-17 yaş arası SP'li bireylere 12 haftalık su egzersiz programı uygulanmış ve yüzme egzersizinin hareket kabiliyetini geliştirdiğini bulmuşlardır 36 . Fragala-Pinkham ve arkadaşları ise 6-15 yaş arası SP'li çocuklara 14 haftalık su içi egzersiz programı uygulanmasının, motor kabiliyet ve yürüme yeteneğinde olumlu etkisi olduğunu göstermişlerdir 37,38 .…”

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Swimming and Aquatic Therapy as Treatment Methods in Cerebral Palsy

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Cerebral palsy, defined as a group of posture and movement disorders due to lesions and abnormalities in the developing brain that develops early in life, is one of the most common problems in childhood. Moreover, various physical therapy practices become important day by day in treatment of cerebral palsy with complications. The aim of this paper was to analyze of the studies investigating the effect of in-water exercises on cerebral palsy after a brief review of cerebral palsy. Key words: Cerebral palsy, swimming, risk factors. ÖZYaşamın erken dönemlerinde ortaya çıkan, gelişmekte olan beyinde lezyon ve anormallikler nedeniyle oluşan bir grup postür ve hareket bozukluğu olarak tanımlanan serebral palsi, çocukluk çağında en çok görülen problemlerden biridir. Ayrıca, bazı komplike bulgulara sahip serebral palsili hastalarda çeşitli fizik tedavi uygulamaları gün geçtikçe önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı kısaca serebral palsiyi ele aldıktan sonra su içi egzersizlerinin serebral palsi üzerine etkisini araştıran çalışmaları incelemektir. Anahtar kelimeler: Serebral palsi, yüzme, risk faktörleri.

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Exercise interventions for cerebral palsy

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The quality of evidence for all conclusions is low to very low. As included trials have small sample sizes, heterogeneity may be underestimated, resulting in considerable uncertainty relating to effect estimates. For children with CP, there is evidence that aerobic exercise may result in a small improvement in gross motor function, though it does not improve gait speed. There is evidence that resistance training does not improve gait speed, gross motor function, participation or quality of life among children with CP.Based on the evidence available, exercise appears to be safe for people with CP; only 55% of trials, however, reported adverse events or stated that they monitored adverse events. There is a need for large, high-quality, well-reported RCTs that assess the effectiveness of exercise in terms of activity and participation, before drawing any firm conclusions on the effectiveness of exercise for people with CP. Research is also required to determine if current exercise guidelines for the general population are effective and feasible for people with CP.

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Benefits and Enjoyment of a Swimming Intervention for Youth With Cerebral Palsy

Abstract: We recommend a swimming program for youth with CP to complement a physical therapy program.

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An enjoyable school‐based swimming training programme improves students’ aquaticity

An enjoyable school‐based swimming training programme improves students’ aquaticity

Swimming and Aquatic Therapy as Treatment Methods in Cerebral Palsy

Exercise interventions for cerebral palsy

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