[Treatment of infantile cerebral paralysis using transcraniovertebral microelectric stimulation].
A new method of therapy of children with cerebral palsy (CP) has been elaborated. Transitory consequent action of weak bipolar low-frequency current (30-100 mcA, 2-10 Hz) on different levels of motor activity regulation (brain and spinal cord, effectory organs) resulted in a stable correction of both motor and other types of disorders in CP patients. Therapeutic course included 2-8 procedures, 1-2 weekly, their duration 3-5 minutes. Depending on the reaction on the transcraniovertebral microelectrostimulation (MES) the patients were divided into fast and slow reactive groups. Different reaction of the children to MES reflected, probably, a variety of pathogenetic CP mechanisms and a mosaic of cerebral damage. Corrective MES action on the patients' brain was polysystemic and was, probably, based on the changes in integral brain mechanisms, voluminous transmission and homeostasis of brain, in particular.
Kharchenko
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Iatsuk
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Makarenko
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D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome