[en] Introduction: Cerebral Palsy is a syndrome that can occur due to different etiologies and it describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain, usually accompanied by other disorders. Nowadays, the prevalence in Spain is between 2 and 2,5 per every 1000 live newborns. The treatment of this pathology is based on the prevention and treatment of secondary deformities and retractions, the pain relief and the improvement of certain functions through orthopaedic techniques, pharmacological treatment and functional therapy techniques such as occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Within the latter would include hydrokinesitherapy consisting in the application of kinesitherapy in the aquatic environment taking advantage of the thermal and mechanical properties that provides the water. Objective: Evaluate the effects of the treatment of aquatic therapy, based on the Halliwick Concept, in comparison with a program of conventional physical therapy on the balance, the functional independence and the quality of life of children with cerebral palsy Material and methods: It is posed a clinical trial randomized controlled in parallel single-blind. It will be carried out with a group of 18 children with cerebral palsy who come from different associations, clinics and schools for special education. The children will be divided in 2 groups, one of them will be submitted to a treatment of aquatic therapy base don Halliwick Concept and the other to a conventional physiotherapy treatment. The intervention program will last 12 weeks and will be carried out weekly sessions of 60 minutes each. Pre and post-intervention records will be made, as well as follow-up records once the programs have been finished. The variables of study will be: balance (PBS), functional independence (WeeFIM), quality of life (CP QoL-Child), fun and motivation (VAS) and gross motor function (GMFCS) and they will be measured by a researcher who will be blinded. The SPSS program will be used to analyze the data, evaluating the intragroup and intergroup effects by means of the corresponding statistical test.

[gl] Introducción: A parálise cerebral é unha síndrome que se pode presentar debido a distintas etioloxías e que se define como un grupo de trastornos do desenvolvemento do movemento e da postura, causantes da limitación da actividades, que se atribúen a una agresión non progresiva do cerebro en desenvolvemento, no período fetal ou nos primeiros anos de vida e normalmente suele acompañarse doutras alteracións. Actualmente, a prevalencia en España atópase entre 2 e 2,5 por cada mil nacementos vivos. O tratamento desta patoloxía basease na prevención e tratamento das retraccións e deformidades, paliar a dor, e mellorar determinadas funcións por medio de técnicas ortopédicas, tratamento farmacolóxico e técnicas de terapia funcional como a terapia ocupaciones e a fisioterapia. Dentro desta última inclúese a hidrocinesiterapia que consiste na aplicación de cinesiterapia dentro do medio acuático, aproveitando as propiedades mecánicas e térmicas que aporta a agua. Obxectivo: Evaluar os efectos do tratamento de terapia acuática, baseado no Concepto Halliwick, en comparación cun programa de fisioterapia convencional sobre o equilirbio, a independencia funcional e a calidade de vida dos rapaces con parálise cerebral. Material y métodos: Plantéxase un ensaio clínico controlado aleatorizado en paralelo a simple cego. Levarase a cabo cun grupo de 18 nenos con parálise cerebral que procederán de distintas asociacións, clínicas e escolas de educación especial. Dividiranse os rapaces en 2 grupos, un deles someterase a un tratamento de terapia acuática baseado no concepto Halliwick e o outro a un tratamento de fisioterapia convencional. O programa terá una duración de 12 semanas, nas que se levarán a cabo 2 sesións semanais de 60 minutos cada una. Faranse rexistros pre e post-intervención así como rexistros de seguimento una vez finalicen os programas. As variables de estudo serán: o equilibrio (PBS), a independencia funcional (WeeFIM), a calidade de vida (CP QoL-Child), a diversión e motivación (VAS) e a función motora grosa (GMFCS), o investigador que as medirá estará cego. Os datos analizaranse con programa SPSS para evaluar os efectos intragrupo e intergrupo por medio das probas estadísticas correspondentes.