background and purpose: speech intelligibility refers to how speech is understandable by listeners.  this study examined speech intelligibility in children (persian native speakers) with spastic cerebral palsy aged 8-12 years old. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was performed in 31dysarthric students (….. boys and …..girls)  in tehran, 2014. a list of words and sentences were pre...

how to cite this article: dalvand h, dehghan l, feizi a, hosseini sa, amirsalari s. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn; 7(4):12-19. abstract objective the purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of hinged and solid anklefoot orthoses (afos) on standing and walking abilities in children with spastic diplegia. materials & methods in a quasi-experimental design, 30 children with spastic dip...

objectives: massage therapy is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for children. this study was conducted to determine the effect of wedish massage on abnormal reflexes in children with spastic cerebral palsy (cp). methods: this study was a single blind clinical trial conducted on forty children with spastic cp who were recruited from clinics of the univ...

objectives: cerebral palsy (cp) is a static encephalopathy with abnormal reflexes that cause motor developmental delay. in addition to conventional methods, complementary medicine like homeopathy has been used in treatment of neuro-developmental disorders. this study has been done to determine the effect of adding homeopathic treatment to rehabilitation on abnormal reflexes of children with spa...

Evaluation of the Effect Kinesio Taping on Plantar Arch Index Children with Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

The aim of this study was to compare spastic diplegic and tetraplegic cerebral palsy. Thirty-eight children had spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and 48 spastic tetraplegic cerebral palsy. Risk factors of cerebral palsy, seizures, severity of cerebral palsy, electroencephalogram, and magnetic resonance imaging findings were analyzed. Gestational history, low birth weight, and perinatal pathologie...

introduction: spastic hemiplegia is one of the most common types of cerebral palsy. pathology of the central nervous system can alter normal development of the somatosensory cortex and develop sensory deficits. these deficits can decrease upper limp motor performances and skills and reduce the tendency to use the affected upper limp, so the quality of life is impaired in these children. therefo...

objective spastic cerebral palsy (cp) is one of the most difficult and disabling conditions that requires medical attention and treatment. the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of oral tizanidine in treating spasticity in children with spastic cp. materials & methods sixty children with spastic cerebral palsy were enrolled in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized ...