This is a study of Fay-doman´s treatment method in the cerebral palsy children. The team was consisted of a physiatrist, a physical therapist, a special educationalist and parents.
The aim of this studies are as follows:
(1) Release of spasticity and athetosis.
(2) To improve individual functional level of muscular strength and coordination.
(3)To improve global functional level.
7 cerebral palsy children are used for this study.
The program were set for the cerebral palsy children to spent all day on the floor in the prone position, homolateral patterning, cross-patterning and were encouraged to crawl (prone method) or creep(hand-knee method).
The duration this study was 5 months, first one month had given patterning by a physical therapist with parents´s minutes .4 times a day, six days in a week at Taegu University, Rehabilitation Center which was followed by the same treatment by parents at home fur 4 months. Every children were seen to us 2 times a week regulary.
In determing the results of the program, Fay-Doman´s developmental mobility scale which described 13 levels of normal development as the criteria of progress was used as pre and post-treatment program.
First, The mean improvement of mobility was 2.8 levels. The mean level of mobility 6.1 at the begining of the program and 8.9 at the end of program.
Second, Five out of seven increased muscular strength, coordination and relaxation. The range of improvement was 2 to 6 levels. Two of them did not correct of their walking pattern who had abnormal gait pattern before pre-treatment program.
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