Reducing spasticity during intensive exercise practice and functional improvement in Cerebral palsy patients

In the February edition of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology http://bit.ly/fFQuGZ Dr. Ryll from Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University report on the effects of leg muscle botulinum toxin A injections on walking in children with spasticity-related cerebral palsy: His team reviewed randomized controlled trials assessing functional outcomes on walking of children with CP following botulinum toxin injection. The team conclude that the use of BoNT-A with usual care or physiotherapy seems to improve walking of children with CP.

The HandTutor, ArmTutor are upper extremity arm, hand - finger/s wrist and lower extremity rehabilitation systems that encourage active exercise practice by motivating the patient to perform virtual functional exercise tasks. The virtual functional tasks work on interjoint coordination as well as other movement parameters including range of motion, speed and strength of movement. When combined with task practice the HandTutor and ArmTutor for upper extremity fine motor skill neuro rehabilitation and the LegTutor for lower extremity rehabilitation have been proven to improve functional movement performance in CP patients.