Advance in Childhood Sports Rehabilitation

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Global and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 577

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Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, Campus de Ponferrada s/n, Universidad de León, 24400 Ponferrada, Spain
Interests: pediatrics; motor control; balance; posture; evaluation; child development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Rehabilitation treatments are at a turning point thanks to the emergence of new disruptive technologies and the integration of advances in neuroscience. This is especially relevant in specialties such as physiotherapy, and even more so in pediatric physiotherapy.

As a result of these changes, this Special Issue is promoted with the aim of updating the scientific knowledge available on rehabilitation and physiotherapy treatments during childhood for specific problems of this vital stage or to address health problems that can occur at any age but in which, for their treatment during childhood, certain particularities of this stage must be taken into account.

For all of the above, this Special Issue is open to the publication of scientific articles such as systematic reviews with meta-analyses and experimental research.

Dr. Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • physical therapy modalities
  • pediatrics
  • neonatology
  • perinatology
  • pediatric emergency medicine
  • exercise therapy
  • manual therapy
  • electric stimulation therapy
  • health education
  • preventive health services

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Finding Stability—A Case Report on the Benefits of Adapted Kata Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Bekir Erhan Orhan, Dilek Uzunçayır, Umut Canlı, Aydın Karaçam, Ali Selman Özdemir, Cristian Popa, Teodora-Mihaela Iconomescu and Laurențiu-Gabriel Talaghir
Children 2024, 11(5), 523; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/children11050523 - 26 Apr 2024
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This study investigated the efficacy of an Adapted Kata Training Program (AKTP) in enhancing balance for a 10-year-old child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), employing a mixed-model approach for data collection. Over 12 weeks, the AKTP demonstrated significant improvements in the child’s balance [...] Read more.
This study investigated the efficacy of an Adapted Kata Training Program (AKTP) in enhancing balance for a 10-year-old child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), employing a mixed-model approach for data collection. Over 12 weeks, the AKTP demonstrated significant improvements in the child’s balance abilities, with an 11% increase in static balance, 8% in proprioceptive, 12% in horizontal, and 14% in vertical balance performance. These improvements persisted in a follow-up assessment after four weeks. Observations by the child’s mother corroborated the above findings. Consequently, this research suggests the AKTP as a valuable non-pharmacological intervention to improve balance in children with ASD. However, further studies are necessary to validate these results and explore the impact on additional developmental domains, such as cognitive and motor skills. Full article
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