Myofascial Structural Integration: A Promising Complementary Therapy for Young Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Autor:	Karen S. Price, Heidi M. Feldman, Alexis B. Hansen
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Complementary therapy Muscle stiffness medicine.disease Cerebral palsy Physical medicine and rehabilitation Spastic cerebral palsy medicine Physical therapy Spastic Spasticity medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 17:131-135
ISSN:	2156-5899 2156-5872
Popis:	Increasing evidence suggests that structural changes within muscle and surrounding tissues are associated with creating and/or increasing muscle stiffness and resistance to stretch in spastic cerebral palsy. The goal of this preliminary study was to determine whether myofascial structural integration, a specific, complementary, deep-tissue manipulation technique designed to reorganize muscle and surrounding soft tissue, would improve motor function in young children with spastic cerebral palsy. In a randomized crossover design, the authors assessed motor function using established measurement techniques at baseline and after the treatment and control conditions in 8 children with spastic cerebral palsy, aged 2 to 7 years. The average change for the group after therapy was greater than the change after the control condition. Results showed that there were major improvements in 6 children after the therapy; 3 of the children also showed improvements after the control phase. Myofascial structural integration holds promise as a novel complementary treatment for spastic cerebral palsy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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