Abstract

Developmental disability in a growing child limits the attainment of certain functions such as motor, communication, perpetual and cognitive skills. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is one such developmental disability that hinders the movement and activities of daily living of the affected child. In order to treat this disorder, several interventional tools are available which has its own pros and cons. Repetitive Transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a new noninvasive tool employed for the treatment of CP due to its neuromodulatory effect that facilitates motor memory formation, motor performance and motor learning in individuals. In this report, a promising effect of rTMS therapy is discussed wherein a wheelchair ridden patient was able to crawl, kneel and move after two rounds of treatment procedure.

Highlights

  • Development of a growing child is an important process that follows after birth such as smiling, babbling, waving, etc. that ensures proper growth and future welfare of a child

  • In the first round 21.57%, 43.33% and 38.09% changes in pre versus post gross motor function measure (GMFM) score was observed in three GMFM domains I, II and III respectively demonstrating that the patient was able to freely perform rolling function and to a good extent sitting and crawling

  • It was demonstrated that TMS stimulation of prefrontal and motor cortical areas gave rise to trans-synaptic activation of subcortical circuits which is responsible for motor activity [10] and in the management of spasticity [11]

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Introduction

Development of a growing child is an important process that follows after birth such as smiling, babbling, waving, etc. that ensures proper growth and future welfare of a child. As reported by her sisters, she was able to walk with support when she was 7 years old which must be a combined effect of muscle relaxant medications such as beclofenic sodium and botox along with routine physical therapy that was provided to her.

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