Question 1 Do lycra garments improve function and movement in children with cerebral palsy?

Cerebral palsy: Influence of TheraTogs ® on gait, posture and in functional performance

“…The use of orthopedic garments in PC children lack scientific evidence to contribute to the decision making in health practices (19). Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the influence of TheraTogs ® on posture, plantar pressure distribution during gait and functional performance of a child with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, contributing to strengthen the scientific scope on the subject.…”

Effect of Dynamic Elastomeric Fabric Orthoses on Postural Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy

“…Evaluation of orthoses, which are similar to DEFOs, has been mostly through nonvalidated and nonstandardized assessment tools. 30 Although these approaches are helpful, they face some problems with regard to retest and interrater reliability and are subject to bias. Consequently, the efficacy of such findings may be limited.…”

Compression garments and fabric orthoses for rehabilitation and function: a systematic mapping review

“…Citations of all included studies were searched. All studies citing relevant systematic reviews (MacRae et al, 2011;Coghill and Simkiss, 2010;Hammond et al, 2016;Born et al, 2013) and frequently cited fabric orthosis studies (e.g. Blair et al, 1995;Birmingham et al, 1998;Kirkley et al, 1999;Gracies et al, 2000) were identified using Scopus and screened.…”

“…Born et al, 2013); joint supports for proprioception and function (e.g. Ghai et al, 2016;Duivenvoorden et al, 2015); gloves for hand arthritis (Hammond et al, 2016); and dynamic movement orthoses for cerebral palsy (Coghill and Simkiss, 2010). Systematic reviews on further topics are likely of limited value due to the heterogeneity in the field, with relatively few studies investigating the same intervention or measuring the same constructs.…”

“…Previous systematic reviews have found no clear evidence that dynamic movement orthoses and joint supports are effective in improving pain, function or quality of life (Coghill and Simkiss, 2010;Duivenvoorden et al, 2015), but there is moderate quality evidence that there is a positive, shortterm impact of joint supports on proprioception (Ghai et al, 2016). Systematic reviews for compression garments have been conducted.…”