METHOD FOR TREATING THE CASES OF INFANTILE CEREBRAL PARALYSIS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves applying massage and medical physical training exercises administered in repeated cycles including 12 procedures treatment course followed by 14 days long pause e. t. c. During medical treatment procedure, patient is treated in dorsal position by acting upon every part of the body, that is, face and neck, arms, legs, chest and abdomen in sequential combination in 1:1.5 temporal proportion for classic medical massage techniques and point massage to be applied, respectively. Next to it, every part of the body is treated in prone position, that is, head and neck, arms, legs, back in the like mode in 1:1.5 temporal proportion for classic medical massage techniques and point massage to be applied. The procedure is completed by doing passive medical exercises during 4-5 min. Total duration of single procedure is 20-25 min. Classic medical massage and point massage techniques application depends on the form of infantile cerebral paralysis. Hyperkinetic and spastic forms imply using calming relaxing classic massage techniques and inhibiting techniques of point massage. Exciting stimulating classic massage techniques and tonic techniques of point massage are applied in cases of hypotonic forms. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment. 3 cl