Participants
Twenty-one people between 8 and 18 years (11 female and 10 male) with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy with independent ambulation with or without assistive devices and able to follow directions were randomized into a strength training group (11 participants) and a control group (10 participants). Participants were not involved in a strength training program within 3 months, did not have fixed flexion deformity at the knee and hip greater than 25 degrees or fixed equinus of more than 10 degrees, and had not participated in management strategies, such as serial casting, botulinum, or surgery within 12 months.
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