The present case study has a dual objects: to investigate how the changes on the locomotion of infants with developmental disabilities would be occurred by the program when it is applied with extremity weight bearing, one of the prerequisite tasks in the locomotion strategy, and to investigate the c...
The present case study has a dual objects: to investigate how the changes on the locomotion of infants with developmental disabilities would be occurred by the program when it is applied with extremity weight bearing, one of the prerequisite tasks in the locomotion strategy, and to investigate the changes in locomotion patterns when the disabled infants are under locomotion of the program explored above. The subjects have been limited to 3 male infants over one year of age, all of them selected from the patients in the physical therapy clinic, Rehabilitation Center, Taegu Univerity. Among the subjects are one mentally retarded (Case I), one with athetoid cerebral palsy (Case II), one with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (Case III). All are normal in the visual and auditory sense, but they are unable to walk on their own. It is a notable fact that the Case I and III are twin infants. The Case I were underweighed and had no facial expressions at birth, showing no significant neuromuscular dysfunction. The Case II weighed 2.9kg at birth and underwent severe postnatal kernicterus, always on the baby-walker at home. He disliked supine position characteristic in moving in athetoid type before he was under the program. The Case III, with 2.2kg at birth, showed a pesistant pivot prone extention. The program was applied 3 months to I, 7 to II, 16 to III. Each session of the program is composed of 7 stages : (1) prebriefing between the therapist and the parents (2) pretheraphy amusement time of the infants (3) warming-up (4) upper extremity weight bearing (5) cooling-down (6) post-theraphy amusement time (7) postbriefing. The locomotion of all the 3 infants were proved to be influenced by the program, of which the individual results can be summarized as follows: Case I : At the early stage his locomotion strategy changed from bottom shuffling to weight-shuffling, kneel-standing and half-kneeling with his hands on the table, later finally developing into plantigrade walking. The pattern of standing also changed from standing position depending on things to on his own, and the walking pattern from the ackwardness in treading and knee-joint operation to the smoothness. Case II : He showed a leftward circular movement as a result of the excercise, reducing the involuntary movement of his head when he was positioned for crawling. Later he proceeded to develop into creeping, crawling, kneel-walking, and finally cruising without the noticeable stage of rolling-over, pivot extension, plantigrade walking, and shuffling. Case III : In his creeping locomotion, he used his arms first and, later his legs. In his crawling, he used his I extremities to change his weight, then extending one arm and finally pulling ne leg or the other, The change of rolling-over, pivot extension. crawling, W-shape sitting, kneel-standing by things. However, no trace of trial can be observed in such movement as plantigrade walking, bottom shuffling, kneel walking, cruising or independent walking. In conclusion, it appeared evident that the locomotive abilities of the subjects were improved by the program explored in this study', More concretely with this program, regardless of the disability types, the higher locomotive patterns could be achieved such as crawling, sitting, standing, and walking which enable the upper extremities weight bearing.
The present case study has a dual objects: to investigate how the changes on the locomotion of infants with developmental disabilities would be occurred by the program when it is applied with extremity weight bearing, one of the prerequisite tasks in the locomotion strategy, and to investigate the changes in locomotion patterns when the disabled infants are under locomotion of the program explored above. The subjects have been limited to 3 male infants over one year of age, all of them selected from the patients in the physical therapy clinic, Rehabilitation Center, Taegu Univerity. Among the subjects are one mentally retarded (Case I), one with athetoid cerebral palsy (Case II), one with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (Case III). All are normal in the visual and auditory sense, but they are unable to walk on their own. It is a notable fact that the Case I and III are twin infants. The Case I were underweighed and had no facial expressions at birth, showing no significant neuromuscular dysfunction. The Case II weighed 2.9kg at birth and underwent severe postnatal kernicterus, always on the baby-walker at home. He disliked supine position characteristic in moving in athetoid type before he was under the program. The Case III, with 2.2kg at birth, showed a pesistant pivot prone extention. The program was applied 3 months to I, 7 to II, 16 to III. Each session of the program is composed of 7 stages : (1) prebriefing between the therapist and the parents (2) pretheraphy amusement time of the infants (3) warming-up (4) upper extremity weight bearing (5) cooling-down (6) post-theraphy amusement time (7) postbriefing. The locomotion of all the 3 infants were proved to be influenced by the program, of which the individual results can be summarized as follows: Case I : At the early stage his locomotion strategy changed from bottom shuffling to weight-shuffling, kneel-standing and half-kneeling with his hands on the table, later finally developing into plantigrade walking. The pattern of standing also changed from standing position depending on things to on his own, and the walking pattern from the ackwardness in treading and knee-joint operation to the smoothness. Case II : He showed a leftward circular movement as a result of the excercise, reducing the involuntary movement of his head when he was positioned for crawling. Later he proceeded to develop into creeping, crawling, kneel-walking, and finally cruising without the noticeable stage of rolling-over, pivot extension, plantigrade walking, and shuffling. Case III : In his creeping locomotion, he used his arms first and, later his legs. In his crawling, he used his I extremities to change his weight, then extending one arm and finally pulling ne leg or the other, The change of rolling-over, pivot extension. crawling, W-shape sitting, kneel-standing by things. However, no trace of trial can be observed in such movement as plantigrade walking, bottom shuffling, kneel walking, cruising or independent walking. In conclusion, it appeared evident that the locomotive abilities of the subjects were improved by the program explored in this study', More concretely with this program, regardless of the disability types, the higher locomotive patterns could be achieved such as crawling, sitting, standing, and walking which enable the upper extremities weight bearing.
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