| Objective To explore the efficacy of intensive therapy program (ITP) in the treatment of children with spastic cerebral palsy. Methods A prospective randomized controlled study was performed in 96 patients aged 2 to 8 years old with spastic cerebral palsy from our hospital during July 2015 to December 2016, and they were randomly divided into experimental group and control group. The control group was treated with neurodevelopment therapy (NDT). On the basis of this, the experimental group was treated with ITP. Gross motor function measure(GMFM), fine motor function measure(FMFM), activities of daily living(ADL) and berg balance scale(BBS) were used to assess therapeutic effects before and 3 month after the treatment. Results The control group completed 44 cases and the experimental group completed 46 cases. There were no significant differences in scores of GMFM, FMFM, ADL and BBS between the two groups before treatment (P>0.05). After rehabilitation, the scores of GMFM (82.66±11.13), FMFM (118.83±19.0), ADL (64.24±18.68), BBS (35.09±12.50) in the experiment group were higher than those in the control group GMFM (78.04±12.03), FMFM (105.45±21.79), ADL (53.07±23.58), BBS (26.30±13.07), and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion NDT+ITP and NDT alone can improve the gross motor function, fine motor function, activities of daily living and balance ability of children with spastic cerebral palsy. NDT combined with ITP is superior to NDT alone. |
