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KMID : 1211620120070020213
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Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
2012 Volume.7 No. 2 p.213 ~ p.221
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The Effect of Vojta therapy on Gross Motor Function Measure and Selective Voluntary Motor Control in Children with Spastic diplegia
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Lim Hyung-Won
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Vojta therapy on Gross Motor Function Measurement(GMFM) and Selective Voluntary Motor Control (SVMC) in children with Spastic diplegia.
Methods: During this experiment, the subject of four children diagnosed with spastic diplegia was tested using ABA design for Single-subject Experimental Research Design. The procedure consisted of baseline, intervention and follow-up phase which was held thirty minutes each for three times a week for a total of 24 times. Gross motor function was measured using GMFM and selective voluntary motor control was measured using SCALE.
Results:According to this study, the gross motor function and selective voluntary motor control of all subjects were improved from their intervention phase to their baseline phase. During the follow phase which the intervention was removed, the ability that was enhanced during the prior phases was still either maintained or only reduced slightly.
Conclusion: The Vojta therapy used on children diagnosed with spastic diplegia was effective on both GMFM and SVMC. In other words, the therapy was effective on coordination. However, this study is difficult to be generalized due to the insufficient number of subject. In further studies, it will be necessary to increase the number of trials with a control group in order to generalize the effectiveness of Vojta therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Vojta therapy, GMFM, SCALE, Spastic Diplegia
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