The researchers chose 16 children with cerebral palsy
from a group of patients visiting K Children’s Development
Center in Daegu, Republic of Korea, who had been diagnosed
with palsy of both lower limbs, but did not have hearing
and visual disabilities: they were able to communicate
sufficiently to understand cooperate with the instructions
of the researchers and were classified into stages 1 to 3 the
Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). Of
the 16 children, eight children whose exercise treatment only
consisted of grasping objects by stretching their arms, in
addition to other basic exercises, were selected as a conventional
neurological physical therapy group (CG). Eight other
children participated in the virtual reality program training
and basic exercises, and they formed the virtual reality training
group (VRG).