METHOD FOR NORMALIZING MUSCLE TONE IN CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM SPASTIC FORMS OF CEREBRAL PARALYSIS Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61H1/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves making child relax on incompletely pumped-in ball of 120 cm large diameter. The child is laid on the ball in prone position. One methodologist fixes child shoulders on ball surface with arms placed symmetrically along corps. The other methodologist fixes lower extremities on ball surface and draws them apart as relaxation comes in fulfillment, making slow sways to and fro, from right to left and in circle. Child head is turned every several sways to one or other side and then exercises are done for symmetrically stretching extremities and torso of the child with the same force in the same horizontal plane, step-by-step beginning from upper extremities and shoulder girdle during 3-5 s with a force equal to 3-5 kg in primary school age children and 6-8 kg in secondary school age children. Then lower extremities are stretched in initial dorsal position. Muscle tone normalization is carried out 2-3 times a week in courses of 10-12 procedures during 5-10 min.

EFFECT: normalized muscle tone; enhanced effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in late residual stage.

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