Effect of Kinesiotherapy-combined Scalp Acupuncture plus Rehabilitation on the Joint Range of Motion and Activities of Daily Life in Spastic Cerebral Palsy
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2016.06.0674
- VernacularTitle:头针运动疗法结合康复治疗对痉挛型脑瘫患者关节活动度及日常生活活动能力的影响
- Author:
Caixia ZHANG
;
Jing GAO
;
Luna HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Scalp acupuncture;
Kinesiotherapy;
Cerebral palsy;
Range of motion;
ADL;
Muscle tonus
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2016;35(6):674-676
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To observe the effect of kinesiotherapy-combined scalp acupuncture plus rehabilitation on the joint range of motion (ROM) and activities of daily life (ADL) in kids with spastic cerebral palsy. Method Fifty-one eligible patients with spastic cerebral palsy were divided into a treatment group of 23 cases and a control group of 28 cases by the random number table. The control group received conventional rehabilitation, whereas the treatment group received kinesiotherapy-combined scalp acupuncture in addition to the rehabilitation therapy. Before and after treatment, a joint protractor was used to measure the passive ROM of ankle, knee, and hip joints; the Modified Ashworth Scale was used to evaluate the muscular tension of the adductor muscles of lower limbs, hamstring muscles, and gastrocnemius; the scale for ADL was adopted to evaluate the ADL. Result The joint ROM was significantly improved by different degrees in the treatment group after intervention (P<0.05), and the popliteal angle and dorsal flexion of foot in the treatment group were significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). In the treatment group, the muscular tension of hamstring muscles and gastrocnemius after treatment was significantly different from that before treatment (P<0.05); the change of the muscular tension of gastrocnemius in the treatment group after intervention was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05); the change of ADL in the treatment group after intervention was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Kinesiotherapy-combined scalp acupuncture plus conventional rehabilitation can markedly improve the ROM and ADL in patients with spastic cerebral palsy.
