title: [Treadmill training with or without partial body weight support in children with cerebral palsy: systematic review and meta-analysis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The limitations of gait in children with cerebral palsy are common. In fact, the training of locomotion is an essential therapeutic goal. There are various treatment approaches, but in recent years, the treadmill training, framed within the motor learning task-oriented, has increased its presence at the clinical level.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether treadmill training with or without partial body weight support, improves the ability to walk, the motor function of the lower limb, the disability and the quality of life in children with cerebral palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We selected only those articles with the highest level of evidence for each type of intervention. We searched in the National Guideline Clearinghouse, Trip Database, SUMsearch, Medline, CINHAL, Embase, Amed, Cochrane Library Plus and PEDro. Data were extracted from these six studies, which recruited 127 participants. Only a meta-analysis was given. We used a fixed effects model, data were not significant between increased of speed and treadmill training.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to the individual studies, the intervention improved lower extremity function and spatiotemporal parameters during gait. However, the differences between groups in favor of the experimental condition, were mostly not significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The systematic review shows some limitations. Firstly, it includes a small number of studies, which is also a small sample of participants. In addition, among the studies, there is a great clinical diversity and many articles did not described relevant data exactly for critical reading.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, 28922 Alcorcon, Espana. molinafisio@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Molina-Rueda
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aguila-Maturana
authors.forename: M José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Molina-Rueda
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Miangolarra-Page
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000502:physiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D016138:Walking