A total of 22 subjects were selected from various cerebral palsy rehabilitation center of Dehradun and met the inclusion criteria were included in the co-relation study. An informed consent of subjects was taken from 22 subjects. Parent had been informed about the purpose and procedure of study and informed consent was obtained. All subjects were evaluated for spasticity, balance and gross motor activity. The data was analyzed finally to find the correlation between spasticity and balance and also between spasticity and gross motor function. The results shows that mean spasticity of knee flexor of both the lower limbs relates fairly with pediatric balance scale (r=-0.433) whereas mean spasticity of plantar flexor shows good negative relationship with pediatric balance scale (r=-0.616) which means that planter flexor spasticity affects balance more than knee flexor spasticity. In our study result showed moderate correlation between average MAS score of both limb and GMFM score. Thus our results suggest that spasticity limit functional performance in a biomechanically predictable fashion in children with cerebral palsy.

Keywords: Spasticity; Gross motor function; Pediatric balance scale.