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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Electrical versus Vestibular Stimulation in Erb’s Palsied Children
"مقارنة بين تأثير التنبيه الكهربائي للعضلات والتنبيه الكهربائي لجهاز التوازن في حالات الشلل الإربي عند الأطفال
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : The main aim of the present study was to compare between the effects of electrical stimulation versus that of vestibular stimulation in accelerating motion recovery in patients suffering from Erb’s palsy. From the National Institute for Locomotor System - Imbaba, a sample of twenty infants, suffering from unilateral Erbs palsy was selected. Their age was ranging from one to three months. The sample was divided into two groups of equal number, each comprised ten patients. Both groups received a therapeutic exercise program, in addition to electric muscle stimulation (ES) for one group and electrical vestibular stimulation (VS) for the other. The duration of treatment was two successive months and sessions conducted at three times per week-basis. The patients were evaluated before and after the study period, using electrodiagnostic measures and muscle tone assessment scale. At the end of the treatment period, the results showed significant improvement in all measured parameters in both groups, in favor of the ES group. Such significant difference may be due to increasing the motor neuron pool excitability, which excites alpha motor neuron to increase their discharge to the extrafusal muscle fiber. So, it is preferable to add ES or VS to the physical therapy program for such cases. 
ISSN : 1319-1004 
Journal Name : Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University 
Volume : 13 
Issue Number : 1 
Publishing Year : 1425 AH
2004 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Sunday, July 4, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
خالد أحمد ممدوحMamdouh, Khaled AhmedInvestigatorDoctoratekh_mamdouh@live.com
شادية عبد العزيز محمدMohamed, Shadia Abdel-AzizResearcherDoctorate 
فاطمة عبد الفتاح حجازيHegazy, Fatma Abdel-FattahResearcherDoctorate 

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