Effect of High
Effect
of High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation on Head Control in Spastic Diplegic
Cerebral Palsy
Abdel Aziz A. Sherief * and Somaia A. Hamed**
* Department of Physical
Therapy for Growth and Development Disorder in Children and its Surgery,,
Faculty of physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
**Department of physical
Therapy Disease (Pediatric), Faculty of Physical Therapy, 6 October University,
Egypt.
Abstract: The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of high voltage pulsed
galvanic current in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy on head control. Thirty
children participated in this study; they were assigned in two groups of equal
number, group A&B. Their ages ranged from fourteen to eighteen months.
Group A (10 males and 5 females) with mean age of 15.6+ 1.5 months,
received only selected physical therapy program for sixty minutes. The program
included neuro-developmental techniques, Rood approach, conductive education
and sensory integrative therapy to establish head control, group B (11
males and 4 females) with mean age of 15.86+ 1.5 months. They
received selected physical therapy program for thirty minutes as in control
group combined with high voltage pulsed galvanic stimulation for 30 minutes for
two months. Children were evaluated pre and post treatment for their head
control. Results: revealed that there were statistically significant
differences in group B regarding the improvement in head control as compared to
group A. Conclusion: Adding high voltage pulsed galvanic to physical exercises
significantly improved head control. The selected physical therapy program alone
was not sufficient to improve head control.
[Abdel Aziz A. Sherief and
Somaia A.Hamed. Effect of High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Stimulation on
Head Control in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy. J Am Sci 2013;9(3):185-188]
(ISSN: 1545-1003).http://www.americanscience.org. 24
Keywords: Cerebral palsy. Head control, High voltage pulsed
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