The Effect Of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation On Cerebral Palsy Children's Cognitive Ability And Motor Function

Cerebral Palsy is considered a neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive brain injury or malformation that occurs while the child's brain is under development.It is one kind of common diseases of the newborn,its happen would seriously affect the healthy growth of children.While Cerebral Palsy usually described by loss or impairment of motor function,it is actually caused by brain damage.The brain damage is caused by abnormal development of the brain that occurs while a child's brain is still developing—before,during,or immediately after birth.Cerebral Palsy mainly affects motor function and cognitive function.During the process of rehabilitation training for children with cerebral palsy,lots of parents only pay attention to the motor function recovery,and ignored the early development of cognitive ability to a certain extent.In the present research about cerebral palsy children,most of them has focused on motor function,and less on cognitive function research.However,lots of studies have shown that the development of cognitive function before six has important effect for future academic performance and adaptation,so early intervention for cognitive function is essential to cerebral palsy children during the current rehabilitation training.Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation could regulate the nervous system,as a noninvasive,highly safety interventions,it has been used to intervention of children with cerebral palsy.Research has been done to explore its effect on motor function of children with cerebral palsy,however,the effect of cognitive function has been rarely explored.In consideration of this situation,this study explore the effects of rTMS on cognitive function and motor function of children with cerebral palsy.This research screen 13 children with cerebral palsy from local hospital in JinHua,divided into experimental group and control group.The experimental group using rTMS to stimulate the motor and cognitive area of brain,then use Bayley Scales of Infant development measure the gross motor,fine motor and cognitive ability of the subject before the intervention,after 4 weeks and 8 weeks.Accordingly,the control group did not take in the intervention of rTMS,but also use Bayley Scales of Infant development measure the gross motor,fine motor and cognitive ability of them during the same time.According to the result of study,we find that,Firstly,As time goes by,the experimental group firstly remain unchanged,then reveal raising trend;the control group firstly remain unchanged,then reveal raising trend.The cognitive ability of experimental group were significantly less than control group between mid-test and post-test,which suggests that rTMS has no significant effect on the cognitive ability of children with cerebral palsy.Secondly,As time goes by,the experimental group firstly remain unchanged,then reveal raising trend;the control group firstly raising,then remain unchanged.The gross motor skill of experimental group were significantly less than control group between mid-test and post-test,which suggests that rTMS has no significant effect on the gross motor skill of children with cerebral palsy.Thirdly,As time goes by,the experimental group reveal raising trend;the control group reveal raising trend.The fine motor skill of experimental group were significantly less than control group between mid-test and post-test,which suggests that rTMS has no significant effect on the fine motor skill of children with cerebral palsy.Comprehensive the above results,this study suggests that rTMS has no significant influence on cerebral palsy children cognitive ability and motor skill.According to the research results,this paper puts forward some suggestions for future intervention for children with cerebral palsy.The rehabilitation training of children with cerebral palsy needs to consider the reality of each child,and on the basis of the comprehensive evaluation.While the intervention of motor function,we could not ignore the development of cognitive ability.In addition,the rehabilitation training for children must follow the rules of their development,step by step,adopt diversified pattern,try to develop potential of children,it is much more beneficial to the improvement of symptoms and the recovery of cerebral palsy children.