[Massage manipulation of supplementing marrow and kneading tendon in treating 30 children with spastic cerebral palsy].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of massage with manipulation of supplementing marrow and kneading tendon (SMKT) on spastic cerebral palsy (CP).


METHODS
A total of 60 children with CP were randomly assigned to the treatment group and the control group equally. All were treated with rehabilitation training, but massage with SMKT was carried out additionally for those in the treatment group, five times every week and 3 months as a therapeutic course. Clinical efficacy was assessed adopting the gross motor function measurement (GMFM-66) and the revised Ashworth scale (MAS) before and after treatment.


RESULTS
All children showed significant improvements in GMFM-66 after treatment. Compared with baseline, the improvement was statistically significant (P <0.01). Significant difference was also found between the 2 groups in MAS and in GMFM scores after treatment (P <0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Massage with SMKT manipulation shows a better effect than rehabilitation training therapy alone in treating spastic CP.
Department of Rehabilitation for Children, Beijing Massage Hospital, Beijing. 13910999933@vip.sina.com
Yue
Y
Wang
Wen-Lian
WL
Zhu
Yan-Fen
YF
Dong
D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D013710:Tendons / Q000503:physiopathology