PMID: 6980100Jan 1, 1982Paper

Chronic cerebellar stimulation in cerebral palsy

Child's Brain
L P Ivan, E C Ventureyra

Abstract

This is a report of 14 patients suffering from cerebral palsy who were treated with chronic cerebellar stimulation and followed for 2 years. At the time of the last follow-up, only 6 patients continued the stimulation, 2 stimulators were removed because of infection and 5 patients stopped using them because of the lack of benefit from stimulation. Using a very close follow-up system with multiple assessors, this mode of treatment showed extremely low efficacy in relieving symptoms of cerebral palsy.

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