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Therapeutic handling is a method applied to influence movement quality, combining both facilitation and inhibition approaches. [6] Facilitation plays a central role in Bobath therapy, fostering motor learning by utilizing sensory cues (such as tactile contact and verbal guidance) to reinforce weak movement patterns and discourage excessive ones.
Bi-Aura therapy [1] [2] Craniosacral therapy [2] Distant healing [1] Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Balancing Technique [1] magnetic field therapy [2] therapeutic touch (TT) [2] According to the American medical association, therapeutic touch is "little more than quackery". [3] Thought Field Therapy (TFT) [2] program practices for social ...
Speech therapy often starts before a child begins school and continues throughout the school years. [7] Biofeedback is a therapy in which people learn how to control their affected muscles. Biofeedback therapy has been found to significantly improve gait in children with cerebral palsy. [26]
The patterning treatment is applied to those unable to perform this motion, and involves passive intervention by 4-5 adults who assists the child in an effort to impose or induce the proper pattern onto the central nervous system. The therapy normally lasts for 5 minutes and is repeated at least 4 times a day.
A functional therapy for MPI-CDG, alimentary mannose was also described. [25] The characterization of new defects took increased and several new Type I and Type II defects were delineated. [46] In 2012, Need described the first case of a congenital disorder of deglycosylation, NGLY1 deficiency. [47]
The goals of conductive education include assisting children in developing maximized orthofunction (the ability to conduct activities of daily living, such as dressing, eating, and self-care). The program also seeks to develop maximal independence in school, the community at large, and the workforce using minimal or no adaptive equipment .
Pediatric massage is the complementary and alternative treatment that uses massage therapy, or "the manual manipulation of soft tissue intended to promote health and well-being" for children and adolescents. [1] Its goal is to reduce pain, anxiety, loneliness and fear when children are hospitalized or diagnosed with a debilitating medical ...
Cleidocranial dysostosis (CCD), also called cleidocranial dysplasia, is a birth defect that mostly affects the bones and teeth. [1] The collarbones are typically either poorly developed or absent, which allows the shoulders to be brought close together. [1]