Effectiveness of Combined Intensive Interventional Approach In Improving Motor Functions In Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Prospective 3 Arm Parallel Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Children with early brain injuries are frequently referred to physiotherapy only after developmental delays become evident. Even the therapy provided is often infrequent and lacks intensity. The most common of these developmental delays include cerebral palsy (CP), defined as a non progressive disorder which is a result of injury to a developing brain.

The dosage of interventions that includes duration, intensity and frequency are considered to be one of the important aspects of physiotherapy interventions as it is directly effects the outcomes of the child.

Only a few studies have proven the effectiveness of combination of different interventions aiming at multiple aspects of the body at the same time such as intervening both Upper extremity (UE) and Trunk or Trunk and Lower extremity (LE) or all the aspects like UE, LE and Trunk, where the most important period of timeline of development will be lost, and the caregivers concerns and expectations should also be taken into consideration.

There is a need to know the effectiveness of combination of most of the proven targeted exercises, providing equal importance and interventions for all aspects of the body as a unit rather working on anyone aspect. The current study aims to check the effectiveness of combination of intensive targeted physiotherapy interventions on the motor functions in children with cerebral palsy.