This study aimed to exhibit the effects of early physiotherapy and discusses post-treatment results on a patient with incontinentia pigmenti (IP) with encephalocele. Physiotherapy evaluations of the child included cognitive, fine and gross motor development assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development - Third Edition (Bayley-III), disability level with the gross motor funct...

Objectives: To compare the effects of Rood Inhibitory approach and Bobath Reflex Inhibiting pattern to improve Gross motor Function reduce spasticity in Hemiplegic Children Encephalitis. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted comprising 22 patients recruited from different clinics Faisalabad. Participants both genders, age range 08-12 years were randomly allocated into two groups. T...

This case report summarizes occupational therapy services provided to a participant after botulinum toxin A (BTA) injections and her improvements 2 years later. The injections were performed to neutralize spasticity in the left upper extremity after a stroke. Along with BTA, the participant received occupational therapy for 12 weeks, using neurodevelopmental and biomechanical approaches and an ...

The purpose of this study is to compare the ultrasonographic architectural properties of muscles and balance ability based on the muscle contraction of chronic stroke patients. The subjects of this study were 30 chronic stroke patients were divided into 3 classes based on the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), with 10 patients in each class. Ultrasonographic architectural properties and balance abi...

Background: The comorbidities, age and disability of the stroke patients may influence rehabilitation period. In process patients, length stay in hospital is important because its economic psychological effects. Objective: purpose this study was to evaluate whether there a relationship between for functional outcomes patients. Methods: medical records 97 who were admitted unit analyzed retrospe...

Context : Kinesio Taping (KT) produces several clinical effects, including pain relief, edema absorption, and improved muscle performance. When applied in the insertion to origin mode, it is claimed inhibit excessive contractions. Objective Investigate whether KT mode could reduce exaggerated reflex contraction of spastic muscles. Design Randomized crossover trial, with a restricted block rando...

background: fatigue, a major cause of disability in individuals with multiple sclerosis (ms), is associated with reduced quality of life. the aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of the persian version of modified fatigue impact scale (mfis) in iranian patients with ms. methods: this study included 15 subjects with clinically definite ms, 15 hospitalized patient...

BACKGROUND Upper limb recovery is one of the main goals of post-stroke rehabilitation due to its importance for autonomy in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Although the efficacy of upper limb Robot-assisted Therapy (RT) is well established in literature, the impact of the initial status of the patient on the effects of RT is still understudied. This paper aims to identify whether demographic,...

Upper limb spasticity (ULS) is a common pathophysiological changes manifest by structural damage towards the central nervous system (CNS) that includes brain and spinal cord. The current clinical practice of assessment utilizes Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) as subjective tool to measure severity spasticity. Lack objective value, poor sensitivity in detecting minimal changes, dependency interpre...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of modified constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in a real-world clinical setting on spasticity and functional use of the affected arm and hand in patients with spastic chronic hemiplegia. METHOD A prospective consecutive quasi-experimental study design was used. Twenty patients with spastic hemiplegia (aged 22-67 years) were t...