Open AccessStem Cell Transplantation Efficacy in Cerebral Palsy: A Physical Therapist Perspective
Author(s) -
Alaa Noureldeen Kora
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bioscientific review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-4201
pISSN - 2663-4198
DOI - 10.32350/bsr.0302.01
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , muscle tone , transplantation , gross motor function classification system , spastic , gross motor skill , spastic cerebral palsy , medicine , population , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , audiology , physical therapy , surgery , motor skill , psychiatry , environmental health
Background and Purpose
Children with spastic cerebral palsy usually display elevation in muscle tone, a decline in gross motor functional abilities , feeding problems and sometimes it may accompanied by visual problems. Studies on stem cell treatment are in their early stages concerning their effect on cerebral palsy.
Methods
A child with spastic cerebral palsy on level v on gross motor function classification system was selected for autologous bone marrow derived mononuclear transplantation cell. Muscle tone, gross, fine motor abilities, feeding abilities and visual abilities were assessed on 4 occasions, prior the transplantation, immediately after the transplantation, after 6 months and after 1 year.
Results No effect of stem cell transplantation was shown on the child.
Conclusion Further research studies should be done on the subject but using different population rather than children on level V Gross motor function classification system