تأثير هشت هفته حركت درماني با لباس فضايي بر تعادل ايستا و پويا، عملكرد حركتي درشت و جستجوي بينايي كودكان آتاكسي مخچه‌اي

Introduction: Cerebellar ataxia is a common neurological disorder in children that causes defects in the regulation of body movements. Children with this disorder usually have poor balance and motor control. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of eight weeks of movement therapy with a adelisuit on static and dynamic balance, gross motor function and visual search in children with cerebellar ataxia. Method: In this semi-experimental study, 30 children with cerebellar ataxia, aged six to ten years, were randomly divided into two groups of 15 (exercise group with adeli suit and exercise group without adeli suit). The exercise group with adeli suit and the control group did the movement therapy program for eight weeks in three sessions of 60 minutes per week with the help of trainers and under the supervision of an occupational therapist.Static balance with foot scan device, dynamic balance with heel to toe walking test, gross motor function with gross motor function eva‎luation tool version 66 and vision search with vision tracker 250 were eva‎luated before and after eight weeks. The research data was analyzed through the covariance test at the significance level (P<0.05). Findings: Regarding static balance, a significant difference was observed between the exercise group with a adeli suit and the exercise without a adeli suit in the components of the fluctuation area of the center of pressure (P=0.039) and the displacement speed of the center of pressure (P=0.015). In relation to dynamic balance A significant difference was observed between the exercise group with a adeli suit and exercise without a adeli suit (P=0.002). Also, regarding gross motor performance, a significant difference was observed between the exercise group with a adeli suit and training without a adeli suit (P 0.042). But regarding the visual search components: reaction time (P=0.709) and the number of correct answers (P=0.112), no significant difference was observed between the exercise group with adeli suit and exercise without adeli suit. Conclusion: From the findings of this research, it can be concluded that the movement therapy program together with space suit can improve the balance and gross motor performance of children with cerebellar ataxia. Therefore, it is recommended for this category of children.

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