Therapeutic effect of injectable mouse nerve growth factor combined with rehabilitation training on cerebral palsy in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To evaluate the therapeutic effect of mouse nerve growth factor (mNGF) combined with conventional rehabilitation training on children with cerebral palsy (CP).@*Methods@#According to the inclusion criteria, 60 children with CP(spastic diplegia) who were treated at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University were selected by double-blind method from June to December in 2016.Sixty children with CP were stratified according to age, gender and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) (the subjects were classified into 2 age groups 0-2 years old and 2-4 years old), and then they were randomly divided by draw method: the control group received routine rehabilitation; the experimental group received mNGF additionally.The children with CP in the experimental group were treated with 18 μg mNGF every day for 10 days and then discontinued for 5 days, with 20 injections per month for 1 course, a total of 3 courses.After 3 courses of treatment, the changes in Gesell Development Diagnosis Schedules (GDDS), Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-Gross Motor (PDMS-GM), Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-Fine Motor (PDMS-FM) and Range of Motion (ROM) of the lower extremity were compared between the 2 groups.@*Results@#After 3 months of treatment, the changes of Gesell(gross motor 57.40±18.13, 44.87±10.95; fine motor 64.83±18.04, 62.60±17.34; adaptability 76.07±14.99, 70.57±11.19; language 74.20±15.07, 71.23±13.38, personal-social interaction 67.40±14.10, 61.40±12.96), PDMS-GM(94.33±16.03, 81.13±20.15), PDMS-FM scores(91.53±19.73, 91.10±15.84) and ROM[adductors angle left (69.67±22.2)°, (49.17±21.82)°; right (69.83±21.63)°, (49.67±21.61)°; popliteal angle left (160.08±30.02)°, (125.50±25.78)°; right (160.17±22.46)°, (126.00±25.31)°; dorsal flexion angle of foot left (10.17±6.09)°, (4.33±7.28)°; right (9.83±6.23)°, (4.83±7.48)°] in the experimental group and the control group were all significantly higher than those before treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). After 3 months of treatment, the Gesell gross motor(57.40±18.13) and PDSM-GM scores(94.33±16.03) in the experimental group were significantly higher than those (44.87±10.95, 81.13±20.15, respectively) in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05).@*Conclusions@#Conventional rehabilitation therapy combined with mNGF has more significant effect on the development and motor function of children with CP than routine rehabilitation training.