Ketan Bhatikar
Indian Association Of Physiotherapist , India
Title: Spastic diplegia- Effectiveness of aquatic therapy and treadmill walking, is there a role of surgery? - A single case study
Biography
Biography: Ketan Bhatikar
Abstract
In India, prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) is estimated over 25 lakh individuals, whereas incidence is up to 3 cases per 1,000 live births and spastic diplegia accounts for 57%. Describing a single case study of 13 years old boy, diagnosed with spastic diplegia. Case ‘P’ was on regular physiotherapy at the age of 2 years 10 months, as the child was unable to sit and walk, had undergone surgical release for bilateral lower limbs. After which, child was presented with crouch gait and bilateral planovalgus. He is on regular aquatic and treadmill walking since 1 year and shows a better posture in standing as a descriptive analysis. It raises a doubt about surgical interventions at early age and remnants of the same.