Rehabilitation with a combination of scalp acupuncture and exercise therapy in spastic cerebral palsy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Children Rehabilitation Center of Huai''an Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, No.104 People South Road, Huai''an, 223002, China;2. The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 133 South Square Road, Nanchang, 330009, China;1. Discipline of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM), Diamantina, MG, Brazil;2. Discipline of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;1. Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital at Gangdong, 892, Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria;2. Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia;3. Department Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicines, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria;4. Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Kaduna State University, Nigeria;5. Drug Information Unit, Federal Medical Center, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria;6. Kano State Hospital Services Management Board, Nigeria;7. Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria;1. Ortenau Klinikum Offenburg, Ebertplatz 12, 77654, Offenburg, Germany;2. Parkstraße 3, 77694, Kehl, Germany;3. Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 2, 35781, Weilburg, Germany;4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, 35392, Giessen, Germany;5. Department of Hematology and Internal Oncology, University of Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany;1. Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34054, Republic of Korea;2. Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, 1672 Yuseong-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34054, Republic of Korea;3. Center for Translational Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Health, University of Debrecen, 4400, Nyíregyháza, Sóstói u. 2-4, Hungary;2. Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Health, University of Debrecen, 4400, Nyíregyháza, Sóstói u. 2-4., Hungary |
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| Abstract: | PurposeTo use Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western approaches to improve gross motor function and activities of daily living (ADL) in children with spastic cerebral palsy.MethodsChildren were randomly divided into a treatment group, which received scalp acupuncture combined with exercise therapy and conventional rehabilitation training, and a control group, which received conventional rehabilitation training alone. Study subjects’ gross motor function (gross motor function measure-88 [GMFM-88]) and ADL were evaluated before and after therapy.ResultsGMFM-88 and ADL scores were significantly improved in both groups after therapy, but the within group differences in post- and pre-therapy GMFM-88 and ADL scores were significantly higher in the treatment group compared to the control group.ConclusionScalp acupuncture combined with exercise therapy and conventional rehabilitation training can significantly improve gross motor function and the ability to perform ADLs in children with spastic cerebral palsy compared to conventional rehabilitation training alone. |
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| Keywords: | Scalp acupuncture Exercise therapy Spastic cerebral palsy Gross motor function Activities of daily living |
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