Research aim - to evaluate the effect of virtual therapies on the balance and gait of children with cerebral palsy. The prevalence of cerebral palsy in developed and developing countries is typically around 2 to 3 per 1,000 births. The causes of the disease are congenital, genetic, inflammatory, infectious, anoxic, traumatic and metabolic. Cerebral palsy classification types: spastic CP, ataxic CP, dyskinetic CP and mixed CP. Cerebral palsy is also divided into topographic classification: diplegia, monoplegia, triplegia, hemiplegia, quadriplegia. Methods of treatment of the disease can be surgical, medical, physiotherapy, animal therapy and virtual therapy. Optimal treatment of children requires teamwork: physiotherapists, neurologists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychologists. A review of the systematic literature has shown that virtual therapies are effective in improving the balance of children with cerebral palsy. A review of the systematic literature has shown that virtual therapies are effective in improving gait in children with cerebral palsy.
Virtualių terapijos priemonių poveikis vaikų, sergančių cerebriniu paralyžiumi, pusiausvyrai ir eisenai: sisteminė literatūros apžvalga ; The effect of virtual therapies on balance and gait for children with cerebral palsy: systematic literature review
2021-06-17
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Lithuanian , Englisch
virtual therapy , cerebral palsy , children , balance , gait