%0 Journal Article %A Khayat-Zadeh-Mahani, Mohammad %A Karimlou, Masood %T Comparison of Effectiveness of Adeli Suit Therapy and Bobath Approach on Gross Motor Function Improvement in Children with Cerebral Palsy %J Archives of Rehabilitation %V 11 %N 2 %U http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-480-en.html %R %D 2010 %K Cerebral palsy, gross motor function, adeli suit, bobath approach, %X Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Adeli Suit Therapy (AST) and Bobath approach on improvement of gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy aged 4 to 11 years of old. Materials & Methods: In this experimental and randomized clinical trial study, 24 children with cerebral palsy were selected simply according to inclusive and exclusive criteria from patients referred to ValieAsr rehabilitation center and then assigned into two Adeli Suit Thrapy and Bobath groups by simple random method. Period of therapeutic intervention was 36 sessions, 3 times per week for both groups. Assessment tool was Gross Motor Function Measure test (GMFM–66). Data was analyzed by Kolmogroff Smirnoff, Independent T-test and ANOVA for repeated measurements. Results: After intervention, the gross motor function improved significantly in both groups (P %> http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-480-en.pdf %P 36-41 %& 36 %! %9 Original %L A-10-44-54 %+ Rehabilitation Faculty of Jondishapoor University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran. %G eng %@ 2538-6247 %[ 2010