Effects of Vojta Therapy on the Forced Vital Capacity and Forced Expiratory Volume at One Second in Young Male Smokers: A Single-Subject Design

PURPOSE: This study examined the effects of Vojta therapy on the respiratory function in young male smokers.METHODS: Three subjects were tested using the ABA design for Single-subject Experimental Research Design. This study was conducted with the baseline, intervention, and follow-up phase. Intervention was conducted three to four times a week for 20 minutes per times and a total of 25 sessions. The respiratory function was measured using a Spirometer.RESULTS: The results of Forced Vital Capacity and Forced Expiratory Volume at one second for all subjects showed improvements in the intervention phase over the baseline phase. In the follow-up phase, the improved ability was still maintained or slightly reduced.CONCLUSION: Vojta therapy used on young male smokers was effective in both FVC and FEV1. In other words, the Vojta therapy worked effectively in improving the respiratory function. In future studies, it is necessary to have a control group and increase the number of trials in order to generalize the effect of Vojta therapy.

Evaluation of Physiotherapy in Children with Cerebral Palsy / 中国康复理论与实践

@#95 children with cerebral palsy (CP), aged from 4 months to 5 years, were treated with Bobath,Vojta and Wilson therapies. The developmental scores of motor function was evaluated. The motor function of children suffering from CP was severely retarded before the treatment. The average score is 1. 28 ± 0. 34 permonth, and they were singificantly improved after the treatment with 8 scores in average per month.