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October 13-15, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd International Conference and Expo on
Physiotherapy
Volume 6, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Nov Physiother
ISSN: 2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal Physiotherapy 2016
October 13-15, 2016
Sathees Kumar Durairaj et al., J Nov Physiother 2016, 6:5 (Suppl)
Role of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as sensory intervention in hemiplegic cerebral palsy:
Apilot study
Sathees Kumar Durairaj1, Dhanesh Kumar K U2 and Rajasenthil K1
1PPG College of Physiotherapy, India
2Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy, India
Background: The tactile sensory deficit is one of the major growing concerns for spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP). This study
intends to study the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) combination with task oriented training
(TOT) to improve upper limb sensory function in spastic HCP children.
Method: This single-blind, randomized, multi-center study included 15 HCP children ages ranged from 4 to 12 years. They randomly
assigned into two groups, group-A received high frequency TENS with TOT and group-B received only TOT for 3 sessions per week
for 8 weeks. Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments (SWM), two point discriminator (TPD), pick-up test, quality of upper extremity skill
test (QUEST) and ABILHAND-Kids questionnaire were measured at before and after the interventions.
Results: The group-A showed significant difference with group-B in SWM, TPD and QUEST score at P<0.001 level. No significant
difference between groups A & B in pick-up test and ABILHAND-Kids questionnaire score.
Conclusions: Adding TENS with TOT can improve upper limb sensory function. Future studies will be conducted based on this
study results.
Keywords: Hemiplegic cerebral palsy, Sensory deficit, TENS, Task oriented training.
Biography
Sathees Kumar Durairaj has completed his MPT from The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University and is pursuing Doctoral Studies from Nitte University, Mangalore,
India. He is the Associate Professor of PPG College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore, India. He has published 2 papers in reputed journals.