The Effect of the Complex Neurosensorimotor Intervention on Children with Cerebral Palsy

Authors

  • Daiva Mockevičienė, Brigita Kreivinienė,, Rita Gikariene, Artūras Razbadauskas, Žilvinas Kleiva

Abstract

The paper analyses the longitudinal effect of the complex sensorimotor interventions on children with cerebral palsy. For a period of nine months, the research involved 48 children at the age of 10–15 years with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Individual complex sensorimotor interventions, each lasting for 25 minutes, were applied to children four times per week. The Gross Motor Function Measure Test (GMFM-88) was used for the testing. The research results revealed that there exists dependence of sensations on the type and form of cerebral palsy: superficial, deep and combined sensations are most disordered for children with the dyskinetic tetraplegic form of cerebral palsy (p<0.05). The research also revealed that when assessing the development of the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy, their motor development delays in comparison to their peers, especially in cases of the surveyed with the dyskinetic tetraplegic form. The results of the investigation of sensations of the children with cerebral palsy nine months later remained unchanged, even though the research results revealed slight improvement of the gross motor function (p>0.05).

Published

2020-10-16

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