Object: children with cerebral palsy. Problem: Cerebral palsy (CP) is frequent cause of children’s motor disorder. It affects person’s relationship with environment and limits his participation. Motor disorder and motor development in cerebral palsy depends on form and level of impairment and is very individual. Persons with cerebral palsy achieve different level of mobility. It is very important to choose properly responsible Gross Motor Function Measure scale. It should be clinically informative and be able to reflect changes in gross motor development. Besides, it should show effect of applied treatment method and help to formulate concrete goals of physical therapy. Physical therapy is an important part of any treatment plan for cerebral palsy patients. Treatment plan should be organized considering functional level and abilities of the children. There should be formulated goals and indicated means for reaching these goals in the treatment plan. Motor development will improve if treatment plan is purposeful. It should protect from developing contractures and deformations. In general treatment plan should increase cognitive skills and social integration. Purpose: to evaluate characteristics of application of Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) Scale for children with cerebral palsy. Tasks: to compare results of children with cerebral palsy evaluated according Gross Motor Function Measure Scale in both (88 and 66) versions; to determine aims of physiotherapy for 6 month... [to full text]

Atliekant bakalauro darbą, buvo susipažįstama su išsėtine skleroze, išsiaiškinama kokie yra pagrindiniai ligos požymiai ir ligos gydymo metodai medikamentiniu ir nemedikamentiniu būdais. Analizuojamas kineziterapijos vandenyje poveikis bendrajai motorikai ir gyvenimo kokybei asmenims, kurie serga išsėtine skleroze. Tyrime dalyvavo penki Šiaulių išsėtinės sklerozės draugijos nariai. Kurių sergamumas siekė nuo metų iki 25 ir ligos progresavimas yra skirtingi. Tiriamųjų amžius skirtingas nuo 40 iki 68. Jų darbingumas nuo 20 – 40 procentų. Tyrime buvo panaudota gyvenimo kokybės vertinimo testas, statinės pusiausvyros vertinimo testas, aktyvumo vertinimo testas ir laikysenos vertinimo testas. Linijinis eksperimentas vykdomas nuo 2010 spalio iki 2011 kovo mėnesiais. Visą linijinį eksperimentą galima suskirstyti į tris etapus. Svarbiausios empirinės dalies išvados: Sergantiesiems išsėtine skleroze kineziterapija vandenyje nežymiai pagerino gyvenimo kokybės įsivertinimą fiziniais ir psichiniais aspektais, tiek visos grupės, tiek kiekvieno individualiai. Eksperimento pabaigoje bendras visos grupės statinės pusiausvyros rezultatas pablogėjo. Pagal individualius rodiklius trims iš tiriamųjų - rezultatai pagerėjo, dviem – pablogėjo (gali būti dėl ligos progresavimo tyrimo eigoje). Kineziterapija vandenyje išsėtine skleroze sergančiųjų asmenų laikysenai įtakos neturėjo, nes rezultatai tyrimo pabaigoje liko nepakitę. Sergantiesiems išsėtine skleroze kineziterapija vandenyje... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the course of bachelor’s work, I familiarized with the multiple sclerosis, disclosed its main symptoms and treatment methods with medicines and without medicines. Analysed effect of kinesitherapy in water on general motility and life quality for the persons with multiple sclerosis. Five Šiauliai Multiple Sclerosis Society members participated in the research. Their illness history reaches one to 25 years, progress differs. Age of the respondents is 40 to 68. Their workability is 20 to 40 per cent. Life quality assessment test, static balance test, activity test and posture test were used in the research. Linear experiment was carried out from October 2010 till March 2011. The linear experiment can be allocated into three stages. The most important conclusions of the empirical part: kinesitherapy in water slightly improved the life quality self-assessment of those with multiple sclerosis on physical and psychical aspects both individually and of the group in total. In the end of the experiment joint static balance result of the entire group worsened. According to individual indices, results improved in three subjects, became worse in two subjects (possibly due to their illness progress in the course of research). Kinesitherapy in water did not have any effect on posture of those with multiple sclerosis, because results in the end of the research remained unchanged. Kinesitherapy in water slightly improved movement activity of the entire group. Like with the static... [to full text]

Closely interrelated motoric and sensoric mechanisms are the ones of the main components of the motoric system. Most motoric functions are dependent on integration of sensoric systems. The greatest focus during KT procedures is given to making a movement and postural maintenance, irrespective of the importance of sensoric information. Therefore, sensoric research on the children with cerebral palsy remains relevant and requires more thorough examination. Purpose of the paper is to overview KT principles applied in case of cerebral palsy and define the influence of kinesitherapy on development of senses and general motorics in 10-15 year old children. The following tasks were set in the paper: 1) To evaluate the sensoric disorder in children with cerebral palsy, depending on the form and type of cerebral palsy; 2) Establish the developmental level of general motorics in children with cerebral palsy; 3) Evaluate influence of KT on development of senses and general motorics in 10-15 year old children with cerebral palsy. 12 children with cerebral palsy took place in the research. Examinees had specific forms of cerebral palsy including spastic hemiplegia, or hemiparesis, spastic diplegia, spastic tetraplegia and type of ataxic palsy. In the course of research, KT procedures had been applied for 9 months. The following research methods were applied in the paper: literary analysis; testing (Assessment Test on the Function of Bodily Movements; Methods of Research on Senses... [to full text]