The effect of adding homeopathic treatment to rehabilitation on muscle tone of children with spastic cerebral palsy.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effect of adding homeopathic treatment to routine rehabilitation techniques on muscle tone of children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).


METHODS
This study was a double-blind clinical trial. Twenty-four subjects were recruited from a developmental disorders clinic in Tehran in 2004. Subjects were divided into case and control groups. The routine rehabilitation techniques were carried out for 4 months on both the groups. The control group received placebo and the case group received homeopathy drugs. Both groups were evaluated and compared for muscle tone before and 4 months after treatment using the Modified Ashworth Scale.


RESULTS
Showed no positive changes in the patients with homeopathy and occupational therapy at the end of treatment, and there were no statistically significant differences in tonicity of upper and lower limbs, trunk and neck in the case group in comparison with the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
Adding homeopathy to rehabilitation had no significant effect on spasm of CP children as measured by Ashworth test.
Sajedi
Firoozeh
F
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Welfare & Rehabilitation, Koodakyar Street, Daneshjoo Building, Evin 1985713834 Tehran, Iran. fisajedi@uswr.ac.ir
Alizad
Vida
V
Alaeddini
Farshid
F
Fatemi
Rozita
R
Mazaherinezhad
Ali
A
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome