Affiliation:
1. Voyno-Yasenetsky Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Assistance for Children; Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
2. Voyno-Yasenetsky Scientific and Practical Center for Specialized Assistance for Children
3. Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Abstract
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease and one of the most common neurological diseases in the world, manifested by sudden seizures due to increased paroxysmal activity of neurons. There are no published studies aimed at assessing the dynamics of motor development in young children suffering from epilepsy with motor disorders.Purpose. The paper aimed at studying the dynamics of motor function indicators in patients with epilepsy on the background of movement disorders during three courses of rehabilitation treatment.Material and methods. We studied 123 young children with epilepsy and motor disorders. Age ranged from 9 months to 24 months. All patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 patients who received only general massage, group 2: patients who received Vojta therapy, group 3: patients who received massage and Vojta therapy. The duration of remission for clinical seizures in all groups was at least 3 months, remission for video EEG monitoring in all patients was 23 months. Three courses of medical rehabilitation were carried out with an interval of 2 to 5 months for 1015 sessions of 2530 minutes daily. The dynamics of motor development of patients and the effectiveness of medical rehabilitation were assessed using the GMFCS scale, before and after each course of medical rehabilitation.Results. After the first course of rehabilitation, almost no improvement was observed and was unreliable, while after the second course there was a significant positive trend, especially pronounced in group 3. At the same time, the growth of the scale indicators in the period from the end of the first course to the end of the third was almost linear.Conclusion. The data obtained indicate the presence of a certain rigidity of the motor system of such patients, which determines the minimum dynamics after the first course of rehabilitation. Only starting from the second course, we begin to notice a linear improvement in the indicators of motor functions. The preferred duration of the interval between courses, in our opinion, is not less than two and not more than three months.
Publisher
The National Academy of Pediatric Science and Innovation
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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