scholarly journals Assessment of the Different Modalities of Treatment in Paediatric Cerebral Palsy Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Gaurang Dilip Kumar Pabani ◽  
Rajeshri Rajendra Mehta ◽  
Pramod Chandulal Shah
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Functional Outcome ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Function ◽  
Paediatric Patients ◽  
Function Combination ◽  
The Mean

Background: To assess the effects of injection of citicoline in combination with physiotherapy versus physiotherapy alone, to advance the functional outcome in paediatric patients with cerebral palsy. Subjects & Methods: A total of 150 paediatric patients diagnosed with cerebral palsy were incorporated into the study. The average age of the patient included in the study was found to be 36 months. All the patients enrolled in the study were referred to the paediatric neurological department. Results: The mean age of the patient was 36 10 months. Out of the 150 total patients, 60% were boys and 40% were girls. When the percentage of improvement was compared between the groups, the study group was established to be statistically significant. (P = 0.02). Conclusion: Citicoline is efficient and secure in the treatment of gross motor function combination with physiotherapy in patients with cerebral palsy. Physical therapy is frequently the first move in managing cerebral palsy.

scholarly journals Decline in Motor Function during the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions and Its Recovery in a Child with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Daiki Asano ◽  
Naoko Kikuchi ◽  
Toru Yamakawa ◽  
Shu Morioka
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
System Level ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Sitting Posture ◽  
Gross Motor Function ◽  
Gross Motor Function Measure ◽  
Function Measure

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience various restrictions owing to their underdeveloped mobility. Home confinement due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may further increase these restrictions. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy with CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System level IV) whose motor function declined during the period when physical therapy was discontinued due to lockdown, approximately four months. At the end of the home confinement, the patient’s ability to maintain a sitting posture and weight-bearing capacity of the lower extremities decreased. His Gross Motor Function Measure total score of 88 also decreased from 34.5% to 31.9%. After resuming physical therapy, the patient recovered the function status seen before the discontinuation of physical therapy, but this took almost twice as long as the confinement period. We reaffirm that frequent physical therapy is crucial for maintaining motor function in non-ambulatory children with CP. As a countermeasure for the future, urgent efforts are needed for the development of telerehabilitation.

Prevalence of Speech Problems and the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Registry-Based Study in Norway

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guro Andersen ◽  
Tone R. Mjøen ◽  
Torstein Vik
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Function ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Communicative Abilities ◽  
Normal Speech

Abstract This study describes the prevalence of speech problems and the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway. Information on the communicative abilities of 564 children with CP born 1996–2003, recorded in the Norwegian CP Registry, was collected. A total of 270 children (48%) had normal speech, 90 (16%) had slightly indistinct speech, 52 (9%) had indistinct speech, 35 (6%) had very indistinct speech, 110 children (19%) had no speech, and 7 (1%) were unknown. Speech problems were most common in children with dyskinetic CP (92 %), in children with the most severe gross motor function impairments and among children being totally dependent on assistance in feeding or tube-fed children. A higher proportion of children born at term had speech problems when compared with children born before 32 weeks of gestational age 32 (p > 0.001). Among the 197 children with speech problems only, 106 (54%) used AAC in some form. Approximately 20% of children had no verbal speech, whereas ~15% had significant speech problems. Among children with either significant speech problems or no speech, only 54% used AAC in any form.

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