[Analysis on therapeutic effect of selective acupoint-injection on scissors gait in children of cerebral palsy].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To observe the effect of selective acupoint-injection on scissors gait in 60 children of cerebral palsy.

METHODS:

Sixty children of scissors gait were classified hypermyotonia and hypomyotonia according to muscular tension and femoral angle, and treated with injection into lateral acupoints, medial acupoints and lateral-medial acupoints of the lower limbs, respectively.

RESULTS:

The total effective rate was 87.5% for the hypermyotonia treated with injection into lateral acupoints of the lower limbs, and 100.0% for the hypomyotonia treated with injection into the medial acupoints of the lower limbs, and 80.0% for the patient treated with lateral-medial acupoints.

CONCLUSION:

The causes of forming scissors gait for children of cerebral palsy should be analyzed and different acupoints should be selected for different causes, and different acupoints have different therapeutic effects.

• Authors: Xian-Hua Yao
• Journal: Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion (Zhongguo Zhen Jiu) Vol. 28 Issue 2 Pg. 101-3 (Feb 2008) ISSN: 0255-2930 [Print] China
• PMID: 18405152 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acupuncture Points
• Acupuncture Therapy (methods)
• Cerebral Palsy (therapy)
• Child, Preschool
• Gait Disorders, Neurologic (therapy)
• Humans
• Infant
• Injections