In children with cerebral palsy, complex instruction, modeling and shape recognition skills occurred in 66% with Cortexin plus MENS versus 50% with MENS.
In plain wordsIn children with cerebral palsy, instruction, modeling and shape recognition skills occurred in 66% with Cortexin plus MENS versus 50% with MENS.
- Outcome
- IncreaseComplex instructions, modeling and geometric form recognition
- Study
n = 74
- Comparator
- MENS plus standard treatment
- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 mg · intramuscular · Two courses of 10 injectionsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Complex instruction and modeling skills
- 66%
- Cortexin plus MENS
- Complex instruction and modeling skills
- 50%
- MENS plus standard treatment
Source sentences
To the end of the rehabilitation program, positive changes were found: 50% patients of group I, 66% patients of group II and 16% patients of group III could perform complex instructions and acquired skills in modeling and recognition of geometric forms.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
One hundred and five children, aged from 3 to 7 years, with the diagnosis "spastic diplegia cerebral palsy" were treated.
Patients were stratified into three groups: group I (n=36) received three courses of microcurrent therapy (MENS) in addition to standard treatment; group II (n=38) received three courses of MENS in the combination with two treatment courses with the nootropic drug cortexin; children of group III (n=…
Cortexin was introduced intramuscular in dosage 10 mg, the treatment course consisted of 10 injections.