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Article: Is progressive resistance exercise ineffective in increasing muscle strength in young people with cerebral palsy?(Appraisal: Correspondence)(Report)
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- Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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What is surprising and challenging about the systematic review of Scianni et al (2009) is the finding that strengthening interventions, including progressive resistance exercise, are ineffective in increasing muscle strength in young people with cerebral palsy. This finding is surprising as it is contrary to the conclusions of previous systematic reviews that progressive resistance exercise is effective in increasing muscle strength in people with cerebral palsy (Dodd et al 2002), and across diverse populations in physiotherapy practice (Taylor et al 2005). The finding is challenging because if an intervention does not achieve its primary purpose, in this case to increase ...