Effects of Motor Imagery Training After Muscle Lengthening Surgery in Children With Cerebral Palsy

The study group will receive motor imagery training in addition to control group's exercise program. This process will proceed as follows; In motor imagery training videos taken with a 9-year-old healthy child will be watched.• The content of the videos will include exercises such as ankle dorsiflexion, heel tapping while walking, climbing and descending stairs, walking on a ramp, standing on a ramp, walking on soft ground, and walking on a treadmill.• The patients will watch these videos and then the relaxation, imagination and return to environment phases of motor imagery will be applied respectively.

"This group will receive conventional exercises in the post-op process. The exercises included in the conventional exercise program are;~* Balance board exercises~* Balance disc exercises~* Bosu exercises~* Balance pad exercises~* Wobble board exercises~* Walking on soft ground~* Balance exercises on soft ground~* Apraximations and tractions~* Target angle exercise for ankle~* General standing balance exercises (Eyes open and closed - single foot, double foot)~* Ankle bidirectional ROM~* Ankle bidirectional strengthening~* Exercises to increase foot intrinsic muscle strength and balance~* Functional exercises"