Rehabilitation of the children after the surgical treatment for juvenile cerebral palsy based at a Pyatigorsk health resort

The importance of the problem of juvenile cerebral palsy (JCP) is due to the enhanced prevalence and social significance of this condition leading to severe disabilities. The rehabilitative treatment of these patients should be initiated as early as possible in the form of combined and intense therapy. Of special value in this context is the application of natural therapeutic factors in adequate doses to enhance the reserve potential of the functional system and facilitate the development of adaptive reactions. The spa-and-resort-based treatment is considered to be the most physiologically sound and efficacious approach to the rehabilitation of the children presenting with juvenile cerebral palsy. The authors of the present publication undertook the development of a scientifically sound system of the health resort-based rehabilitative treatment of the children who had undergone surgical intervention for the management of JCP in the preceding period. The previously gained experience with the use of differential therapeutic modalities gives evidence that it is desirable to include the spa-and-resort-based treatment in the programs of rehabilitation for the children following surgical treatment of juvenile cerebral palsy. The results of direct observations are confirmed by the data of follow-up studies suggesting that the beneficial effects of the medical technologies employed in the present work persist for at least half a year.

juvenile cerebral palsy, spa-and-resort-based treatment