Effects of the Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) on the Mobility of Children with Cerebral Palsy

• 作者: Aggeloussis Nikolaos Gourgoulis Vassilios Mauromatis Giorgos Nikos Comoutos Thomas Besios Yannis Tzioumakis
• 来源期刊: 康复医学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: BOBATH NDT Cerebral PALSY HEMIPLEGIA Children
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（4）
• 页码范围: 95-103
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of the NDT method (Bobath) in children with CP. Twenty children with cerebral palsy (7 with quadriplegia, 6 with diplegia and 7 with right hemiplegia), with mean age of 4. 85 ± 2. 49 years, took part in the study. Materials-Method: The children participated in an intervention that consisted of an 8-week Bobath program. GMFM-88, PEDI and TUG scores were measured across three time points during the intervention (a baseline measurement, a second at the end of the intervention and a post-intervention measurement one month after the end of the intervention). Results: The results of the NDT intervention showed that the participant children significantly improved their GMFM-88 and TUG scores between initial and final measurement and maintained this one month later (F2,36 = 69,778, p 0.001), while in PEDI the intervention program had no statistically significant effect (F2,36 = 0.844, p = 0.438). In conclusion, there is strong evidence of the effectiveness of the NDT (Bobath) method in improving the mobility of children regardless of the frequency of its application.