en Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine کارآزمایی بالینی Clinical Trials <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Background and Objective:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="line-height:150%">In-toeing is the most common gait pattern in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Kinesio Taping (KT) has been suggested to improve the function and posture of children with CP. No study has yet evaluated the effects of spiral KT on this gait pattern. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether spiral KT </span></span><span style="line-height:150%">could </span><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="line-height:150%">improve in-toeing in children with spastic diplegic CP.</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Materials and Methods:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="line-height:150%">This pre-post designed experimental study was performed on 14 patients with spastic diplegic CP aged between 6 and 10 years at the first level of the Gross Motor Function Classification System. KT was applied spirally with 100% of available tension. Hip, knee, and ankle joint angles in the transverse plane and spatio-temporal parameters including velocity and duration of stride were measured before and immediately after the intervention.</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Results:</span></span></strong>&nbsp;<span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="line-height:150%">The results showed a significant decrease in hip (p=0.04) and knee (p<0.001) internal rotation, foot adduction, and abduction (p<0.001) in the transverse plane after using KT. Also, significant differences were found for spatio-temporal indices including velocity (p<0.001) and duration of stride (p<0.001).</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Conclusion:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="line-height:150%">Spiral KT with 100% of available tension immediately improved the spatio-temporal indices of in-toeing gait pattern in children with spastic diplegic CP. Hence, clinicians can use the applied method to improve the gait pattern in this group of CP children.</span></span></span></span></span></p> Cerebral palsy, Diplegic, In-toeing Gait Pattern, Kinesio Taping, Kinematics 323 329 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-6350-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Sara Kaedi sk.skaedi@gmail.com 5200319475328460077732 5200319475328460077732 No Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Amin Kordi Yoosefinejad yoosefinejad@sums.ac.ir 5200319475328460077733 5200319475328460077733 Yes Dept. of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Alireza Motealleh motealleh@sums.ac.ir 5200319475328460077734 5200319475328460077734 No Dept. of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Sobhan Sobhani sobhan132@gmail.com 5200319475328460077735 5200319475328460077735 No Dept. of Physical Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran