Effects of Kinesthetic Training on the Perception Abilities of Cerebral Palsy Children

Abstract

Cerebral palsy children are presented with the complaint of atypical
activity in the muscle that leads to their poor perception abilities. The said
condition may lead to poor perception abilities in these children. The
present research was conducted to measure the influence of kinesthetic
exercises on the perception abilities of cerebral palsy children. The study
was conducted in a physiotherapy center named DisAbilites in Faisalabad.
The sample was composed of nine cerebral palsy children. The pretestposttest design was employed. The kinesthetic skills of the students were
assessed by using the perceptible abilities of the students suffering from
cerebral palsy. An intelligence test was used to measure the perception
ability of the cerebral palsy children before and after the intervention. The
intervention consisted of exercises performed by an experienced
physiotherapist to enhance the kinesthetic skills of the children. Prior to
the intervention, the pretest was administered. After six weeks of the
intervention, the posttest measured kinesthetic skills and perception ability
again. Results indicated a statistically significant increase in the
kinesthetic skills of cerebral palsy children. The increase in the score of
the kinesthetic skills influences the perception abilities of the cerebral
children positively.