OET Listening Parte B: Constraint-Induced Therapy in Pediatrics

I'm a physiotherapist, and I'm presenting our poster about constraint-induced movement therapy

for children suffering from partial paralysis following brain surgery.

We did a case series of four children who'd all undergone hemispherectomies.

They were admitted to inpatient therapy within two weeks post-op

and began therapy two to three weeks post-op.

The therapy continued after they were discharged.

Our findings were that three of the kids regained excellent function and mobility with ambulation and upper extremity function.

One didn't do so well, unfortunately,

but he gave up the therapy early on.

This type of movement therapy has been used a lot in adult populations following stroke.

The findings here promote moving forward with further research on the pediatric or adolescent population

following either hemispherectomy or other surgeries

to help us decide how appropriate this therapy would be for them.