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.
Highlights
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition which can affect people in different ways, resulting in different types and levels of impairment(s)
Significant improvement has in fine motor, cognation and gross motor in 3 groups after 6 months of regular physiotherapy and conductive education program
Subjects: The protocol was approved by the local research ethics committee of the pediatric department at Al-Azhar University for girls and a written informed consent was taken from all participants after proper explanation of the study. This is a prospective case study that was carried out on 105 children with cerebral palsy less than 4 year selected from outpatient clinic of pediatric neurology department in National Institute for Neuro Motor System; cases were taken consecutively from February 2019 to September 2019; the inclusion criteria were conducted in the study
Summary
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological condition which can affect people in different ways, resulting in different types and levels of impairment(s). Purpose: Study the effect of physiotherapy and conductive education in development of fine, gross motor skills and mental function in the children with CP. 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. Start physiotherapy and conductive education program gave us better outcome
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