title: [Artificial local hypothermia in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: Local hypothermia was used to manage motor disorders in infantile cerebral paralysis. Ice was applied to muscles being the key factors in the pathologic muscular synergies and determinants of the level of motor disorders at the residual stage of infantile cerebral paralysis. The hypothermic method is given in detail with respect to different pathologic muscle synergies and infantile cerebral paralysis syndrome peculiarities: spastic diplegia varying in severity, hyperkinetic syndrome. EMG investigations yielded results correlating with a positive clinical effect. The EMG data indicated that deprivation of pathologic muscle afferentation not only reduced the muscle spasticity but also led to functional reconstruction in the spinal motoneuron pool.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Stepanchenko
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Semenova
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Vinogradova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D009129:Muscle Tonus
vernacular_title: Iskusstvennaia lokal'naia gipotermiia pri lechenii deteĭ s tserebral'nymi paralichami.