METHOD OF TREATING COMBINED PELVIC AND SPINAL DEFORMITY IN CHILDREN AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61F5/00 A61H1/00 A61H33/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine, orthopaedics and is applicable in treating combined degree 1-2 pelvic and spinal deformities accompanying dysplastic-dystrophic syndrome. A method involves making physical exercises in water: at first, sensor-motor integration of lesser muscle groups of head, neck, hand, foot is stimulated; then therapeutic swimming is prescribed for back and pelvic muscles with using a special device. A child is suggested to breath randomly with occasional exhalation in water; a preparatory position is 'standing in water with holding a handrail in the swimming pool'. The patent claim implies making the differentiated exercises in water for the purpose of stimulating each of the muscle group: glutei, lumboiliac, tensor muscles of broad fascia, hip adductors, back, side and front muscles. Total length of a procedure is 30 minutes; the therapeutic course is 10 procedures. The device for implementing the method comprises a safety belt whereon there are fastened elastic straps (ES) embracing child's lower extremities with feet. The belt consists of front and back vertical soft-tissue safety straps (VS) used to place the child's body along its front-side and back-side surfaces. At the chest and back these straps are coupled by horizontal safety braces with clasps to fix the child's body in a cross plane. The back BSs are coupled at the hip joints from the back side by a cross belt with a clasp to adjust the length. The VSs are crossed in the lower body part at a superior end of iliac bone thereby forming loops, and clasped. There is a cross-up under a child's seat. The VS length is set by a length adjuster; the ESs are centimetre marked out on ends and have clasps for length variation according to an underlying pelvic portion. The VS in their upper part are rigidly fixed on a hard bar with the child positioned at shoulder length, and coupled via a fastening rotation gear with a rope stretched across the swimming pool.

EFFECT: method and device provide treatment of dysplastic-dystrophic syndrome ensured by simultaneous correction of pelvic and back muscles, stimulated sensor-motor integration.

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