TITLE:
Efficacy of Physiotherapy and Conductive Education in Improving Motor Skills and Mental Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy
AUTHORS:
Sara Hamdy Mohamed, Saneya Abd El Halim Fahmy, Amal Gaber Mohamed, Mohamed Hossam El-Sabbagh
KEYWORDS:
Cerebral Palsy, Conductive Education, Rehabilitation
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.10 No.2,
June
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: Background: Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) often receive physiotherapy to achieve
maximum motor potential and prevent secondary conditions. Conductive Education
(CE) is an education programme that combines special education and
rehabilitation. Purpose: Study the effect of physiotherapy and
conductive education in development of fine, gross motor skills and mental
function in the children with CP. Subjects and Methods: This is a
prospective case study that was carried out on 105 children with CP less than 4
years old selected from outpatient clinic in National Institute for Neuro Motor
System. Cases were taken consecutively from February 2019 to September 2019. A
written informed consent was taken from all participants after proper
explanation of the study. They were classified into three groups (group I,
group II and group III) according to their age. All children are subjected to
complete history taking, clinical examination, use of developmental quotient (DQ)
sheet before and after 6 months of
regular physiotherapy and conductive education program. Results: There was statistically significant improvement in fine motor, cognation
and gross motor in 3 groups after 6 months of regular physiotherapy and
conductive education program. The maximum improvement was in group I, so
children with cerebral palsy were achieved maximum improvement when
physiotherapy and conductive education started as early as possible. Conclusion: Significant improvement has in fine motor, cognation and gross motor in 3
groups after 6 months of regular physiotherapy and conductive education program.
Early start physiotherapy and conductive education program gave us better
outcome.