ACTIVE VERTICALIZATION METHOD IN CHILDREN WITH IMMOBILIZATION SYNDROME IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A61H1/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to methods of active verticalization in neurological disorders, and can be used for rehabilitation of children with immobilization syndrome. For this purpose, the rehabilitation methodologist conducts a set of exercises with the child. 1 exercise: initial position (IP) – child lies on back, legs are straightened, hands are located along body, lumbar spine is pressed to bed, methodologist lifts the child's legs at a right angle, flexes them in the knees, and feet is placed perpendicular to the floor, holds in this position for 30 seconds, repeated 5 times. 2 exercise: IP – child lies on right side, right leg is straightened, left is bent in knee joint at right angle, right hand brush under head, left arm, bent in elbow joint with support at breast level, methodologist helps child to lift left leg bent in knee joint at angle of 90 degrees to position parallel to bed, lifts child's head and turns it 30 degrees to the right, holds 30 seconds, repeats 5 times, then repeats with the other leg. 3 exercise: IP – child lies on right side, right leg is bent in knee and pulled to abdomen, right arm is straightened at angle of 90 degrees to body, methodologist removes the child into the position of resting on the elbow of the right hand, holds the child's pelvis and helps it to straighten the support arm and sit with support on two hands, holds 30 seconds, repeats 5 times, then repeats with the other leg. 4 exercise: IP – child lies on abdomen, resting hands on hands and forearms, elbows are diverged to sides. Then the child straightens his hands, without lifting the pelvis from the bed and returns to the initial position, repeat 15 times. 5 exercise: IP – child sits on edge of bed with support on straight arms on width of shoulders, knees are separated, heels together and hang down from edge of bed, straightens right leg and hanging it from bed, pulls it, bending in knee joint and returns to initial position. Spinal axis should not move relative to the pelvis, repeat 15 times, then repeat the exercise with the other leg. 6 exercise: IP – child kneels on the floor before the bed, hands clings to the bed, with the help of a methodologist exposes one leg back to the position of resting on the toes, repeated 10 times on each leg. 7 exercise: IP – child is on the left knee, hands is held by the bed, with the right leg is bent in the knee with support on the foot, with the help of the methodologist, the child rises and stands on the straightened legs, held in this position for 30 seconds, then returns to initial position, repeated 10 times with each leg.

EFFECT: method helps to reduce the manifestation of immobilization syndrome, enables to realize activation of the patient as soon as possible.

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