Combining the advantages of both Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and lower limb serial casting to a selected physical therapy program in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy to overcome the adverse effects during the period of casting and the long period of rehabilitative interventions, providing a new multimodal treatment approach.
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Change of knee and ankle passive range of motion (ROM)
Timeframe: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention
Change of strength of knee extensors and ankle dorsiflexors muscles
Timeframe: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention
Change of tone of hamstring and gastrocnemius muscles
Timeframe: At the beginning and after six weeks of intervention