IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY WITH ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY

Objectives: Aim To investigate action and value of acupuncture in Cerebral Palsy rehabilitation. Methods: Methods 100 spasm Cerebral Palsy patients from 2 to 7 years old were randomly divided into two groups. A group: 50 patients were treated with Rehabilitation-training: physical therapy of Bobath and Vojta methods. B group acupuncture add rehabilitation-training group. Results: Results The total effective rate of B group were obvious higher than that of A group. After treatment the DQ value of B group were higher than that of A group (p<0.01). In acupuncture and rehabilitation-training group, improvement rate of brain dysphasia, brain atrophy in skull CT and recovery normal rate of skull ECT were obvious higher than that of rehabilitation-training group (p<0.01).

Conclusion: Conclusions Acupuncture can obviously increase cerebral blood flow (CBF) and improve cerebral cell metabolism, promote partial or complete compensation of cerebral function and the restoration and function of plasticity of cerebral tissue in children with cerebral palsy.