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A new method for the restorative treatment of patients with residual-stage infantile cerebral palsy is described; the method is based on proprioceptive correction using an “Adeli-92” device, which is a modified space suit used in weightless conditions. The “Adeli-92” allows intensification and some extent of normalization of afferent proprioceptive mobility-controlling input. Positive clinical effects were obtained in 70% of patients, with improvements in walking and self-care ability. The positive effects of this method were demonstrated objectively using electroencephalography, electroneuromyography, studies of somatosensory evoked potentials, and studies of the vestibular system.
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Science Research Institute of Pediatrics, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Pediatric Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital No. 18, Moscow. Translated from Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 96, No. 3, pp. 47–50, May–June, 1996.
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Semenova, K.A. Basis for a method of dynamic proprioceptive correction in the restorative treatment of patients with residual-stage infantile cerebral palsy. Neurosci Behav Physiol 27, 639–643 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461920
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