Effectiveness of drug management along with physical and nutritional rehabilitation in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Neurosciences - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective To assess the improvement in functional activities of children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy after drug management along with physical and nutritional rehabilitationDesign Observational analytical studySetting community based rehabilitation centre amp a private medical college at Malappuram KeralaMethods This is a follow up cohort study conducted at the community level 34 Children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy aged 418 years were followed up with medications for dystonia along with physical and nutritional rehabilitation for 9 months These children were assessed with Barry Albright dystonia scale prior to medications and at intervals of 3 months prospectively up to 9 monthsResults Over the 9 months prospective study 34 children were enrolled and started with medications on different occasions 6 children were excluded 2 of them developed adverse reactions to drugs and 4 were lost to follow up Out of 28 cases 21 were males and 7 were females with an average age of 8 years During the study period all of them responded well with a significant improvement after 9 monthsConclusion Optimal drug management of dystonia physical and nutritional rehabilitation along with management of co morbid conditions are associated with significant improvement in functional abilities of children with dyskinetic cerebral palsyKeywords Dyskinetic cerebral palsy Dystonia Physiotherapy Barryalbright dystonia scale
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Fazal Ghafoor, Fysal N, Habeeb Rehman K. M, Dhanya . M. Suresh, Rajna V
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