[The comparative effectiveness of the application of various methods for electrical muscle stimulation in the patients presenting with juvenile cerebral palsy].

Authors Barbaeva SN, Kulishova TV, Eliseev VV, Radchenko NV -More
Category Primary study
JournalVoprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury
Year 2014
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We studied the clinical effectiveness of rehabilitation of 168 patients presenting with juvenile cerebral palsy in the form of spastic diplegia who received the comprehensive rehabilitative treatment including therapeutic physical exercises, paraffin applications, general hydromassage baths, manual massage and electrical stimulation of weakened muscles with the use of the following devices: for group 1 of the patients (n=38), for group 2 (n=43), for group 3 (n=45), and for group 4 (n=38). The study yielded the significantly higher scores in the test for groups 1,2, and 3 compared with group 4 (p<0.05). In all the groups, with the exception of group 4, a significant (p<0.05) increase in the range of ankle joint motions was observed in conjunction with the lowering of the spastic calf muscle tone. After a course of rehabilitation, the overall clinical effectiveness did not differ significantly between the groups, viz. it was documented in 36 (94.7%) patients of group 1, in 39 (92.8%) patients of group 2, in 43 (95.6%) patients of group 3, and in 38 (88.3%) patients of group 4. However, the estimates of devices for the combined rehabilitation of the patients suffering from juvenile cerebral palsy in the form of spastic diplegia.
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