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Objective To investigate the clinical effect of Chinese massage treatment on spastic cerebral palsy in children.Methods A total of 68 children with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group,each with 34 cases.The control group were treated with physical therapy and conventional rehabilitation therapy,and the observation group were treated with the traditional Chinese medicine massage therapy on the basic treatment of the control group.Both groups were treated once per day,for 6 days with one day rest,and the total course was 6 months.Results The total effective rate was 100％ (34/34) in the observation group and 82.4％ (28/34) in the control group,and the difference between the 2 groups was statistically significant (x2=4.570,P＜0.05).The gross motor function classification (GMFC) and Ashworth spasm ratings were significantly improved in both groups,and improvemnt in the observation group was superior to the control group (U=1.998,2.457,P=0.046,0.014).Conclusions The Chinese massage can improve the GMFC and Ashworth,promote the growth and development of children and the recovery of motor function in the children with spastic cerebral palsy.
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Objective To observe the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine fumigation combined with manipulation massage on children with muscular torticollis. Methods Sixty-two children with torticollis were enrolled in our hospital from January 2015 to November 2016. They were randomly divided into control group (n=31) and observation group (n=31). The control group was treated with different methods of massage, and the observation group was treated with traditional Chinese medicine based on the control group. The treatment last for 3 months. The clinical effect, cervical rotation score, muscle contracture score, head tilt score, head malformations were observed. The Doppler ultrasound was used for the mass thickness and elastic coefficient of sternocleidomastoid. Results After 3 months treatment, the total effective rate was 93.5% (29/31) in the observation group, 77.4% (24/31) in the control group, and the difference between two groups were statistically significant (χ2=6.902, P=0.039). The cervical rotation score (2.8 ± 0.2 vs. 1.7 ± 0.3, Z=7.698), the muscle contracture score (2.7 ± 0.4 vs. 1.6 ± 0.4, Z=6.949), the head tilt score (2.8 ± 0.2 vs. 1.6 ± 0.4, Z=8.021), the head malformations score (2.4 ± 0.5 vs. 2.0 ± 0.3, Z=5.949) in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). The mass thickness (6.23 ± 1.18 mm vs. 9.02 ± 1.19 mm, Z=10.075) in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.01). The time of cure (30.4 ± 14.0 d vs. 59.2 ± 12.2 d, Z=10.218) and the time of improvement (34.6 ± 11.3 d vs. 55.2 ± 15.5 d, Z=11.249) in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions The Chinese medicine fumigation combined with manipulation could treat the children with muscular torticollis.
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In recent years traditional Chinese medical massage has made remarkable achievements in the treatment of infantile diarrhea, besides, it has no toxic and side effect, no complaints and without affecting the growth rhythm of children and easily accepted by children. Massage manipulation and curative effects of treating infantile diarrhea was discussed in this text, the mechanism was analyzed, and the forecast of traditional Chinese medical massage on infantile diarrhea was proposed.