[Reflexotherapy combined with cortexin in the complex treatment of speech disorders in patients with cerebral palsy].

Abstract

Authors studied 78 outpatients with children cerebral palsy, aged from 2 to 7 years, in the children department of neurology and reflexotherapy. All children had speech disorders of different severity: from a severe mental-speech deficit to muscle asinergia of the speech apparatus. Combined microcurrent reflexotherapy (MCRT) in the author's technique and the neuroprotector cortexin were used for treatment. The main group included 40 patients who received the treatment of MCRT in the combination with cortexin, the comparison group consisted of 38 patients who received only MCRT. MCRT consisted of 15 sessions with one month interval after the first treatment and two months after the second one. The treatment with cortexin included sessions of 10 injections each after the end of the first and the third MCRT sessions. Patient state was measured at baseline and at the end of 6 month treatment program. An analysis of results of the complex treatment demonstrated its high efficacy in the recovery of speech functions in children with cerebral palsy compared to patients of the comparison group.

• Authors: T A Ukhanova, F E Gorbunov, V V Ivanova
• Journal: Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova) Vol. 111 Issue 8 Pt 1 Pg. 19-22 ( 2011) ISSN: 1997-7298 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 21946134 (Publication Type: Controlled Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Peptides
• cortexin

Topics

• Cerebral Palsy (complications)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Female
• Humans
• Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Male
• Peptides (therapeutic use)
• Reflexotherapy (methods)
• Speech Disorders (drug therapy, etiology, therapy)
• Treatment Outcome