Effect of Massage Therapy on Dynamic Changes of Motor Function in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
- VernacularTitle:按摩疗法对痉挛型脑性瘫痪患儿运动功能动态变化的影响
- Author:
xiao-mei, LU
;
de, WU
;
jiu-lai, TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cerebral palsy;
massage;
gross motor function;
muscle tension;
child
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
1992;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of massage therapy on dynamic changes of motor function and muscle tension in children with spastic cerebral palsy(CP).Methods Fifty-four(31 male,23 female,average age 5.18 years) hospitalized children with spastic CP were randomly selected,with 40 minutes a day to 24 weeks of massage therapy to assess and analyze the dynamic changes of motor function.No other treatment and drug were used.SPSS 11.01 software was used to analyze the data.Results Treated by massage for 24 weeks process,the basic gross motor ability had gradually increasing tendency,and there was significant difference between before and after treatment(P
