AOT: action observation therapy; CP: cerebral palsy; GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System.
Declarations
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to all children and their families who participated in this study for their cooperation and trust.
Author contributions
AI: Conceptualization, Project administration, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. FAS: Supervision, Conceptualization, Project administration. SS: Supervision, Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval
The study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki following ethical approval from the Ethical Review Committee of Foundation University Medical College (ERC No. FF/FUMC/215-484/Phy/24) and trial registration on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06672328).
Consent to participate
All guardians of the children involved provided informed consent to inclusion of their wards in the study.
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