Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1992 Mar-Apr; (2): 44-8.

[The potentials of manual therapy in the neuromotor correction of the statokinetic disorders in infantile cerebral palsy]

Koziavkin VI, Vinogradova LI, Stepanchenko OV.

It is shown that manual therapy to abolish functional cervical and lumbar blocks is beneficial in reducing spasticity of the synergic muscles, biomechanic characteristics of the support and kinematic pace phases improve. Manual therapy in multimodality rehabilitation treatment of cerebral paralysis creates a functional base for neuromotor correction of a defective motor stereotype in these patients.