Developmental Neurorehabilitation published research on the long term effects of physical therapy on children with cerebral palsy. A retrospective review was performed on 56 children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS levels I-V) who were treated with physical therapy from 2008-2011. Their motor function was assessed every three months. The results indicated the following:
- significant improvements on the Gross Motor Function Measure in all levels
- children at the GMFCS Level II exhibited faster progression of skills
- younger children with CP had better PT efficacy
- improvements were seen at 8.4 years old in the older group
Reference: Chen YN, Liao SF, Su LF, Huang HY, Lin CC, Wei TS. The effect of long-term conventional physical therapy and independent predictive factors analysis in children with cerebral palsy. Dev Neurorehabil. 2013 Mar 11. [Epub ahead of print]
2 comments:
Nice to know that physical therapy is much beneficial thing for children against Cerebral Palsy. This is a terrible muscles disease which can create many health issues in their future life.
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It's amazing that physical therapy can help with motor function. That's a great idea for children with cerebral palsy. It may not help them completely, but it could definitely make a bit difference.
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