[Of motor function and ability of children with cerebral palsy during physical rehabilitation using the method Bobath]

Despite the available traditional and significant number of authors’ approaches to the correction of motor function and the psychophysical state of children with Cerebral Palsy, the problem of choosing and applying the most effective methods of physical rehabilitation still exists. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of physical rehabilitation using the Bobat method on motor function and motor capacity of preschool children with Cerebral Palsy. Metody. The influence of physical rehabilitation having used the Bobat method on 35 children aged 4.1±1.1 years (the main group (MG) ) was examined. The total number of 72 procedures were conducted. In the control group (CG), the results of the examination were analyzed on 34 children aged 3.8±0.9 years who underwent rehabilitation using standard methods. In the beginning and at the end of the course of physical rehabilitation, test results of GMFCS motor function impairments and motor abilities were performed on the “Children’s Motor Performance Test Card”. Changes in motor function disturbances have shown a significant positive gain in MG, whose average values fluctuate within level 2, and a slight positive dynamics in the CG, where changes fluctuate at the 3rd level of GMFCS, as in the beginning of the course. Results. The comparative analysis of the average estimates of motor abilities of children in MG and CG with Cerebral Palsy showed the most significant improvement in assessments of movements in the position of lying on the back from 3.9±1.2 to 4.8±0.5 points (p <0.01), lying on the stomach from 3.8±1.2 to 4.8±0.5 points (p <0.01) in the MG against lying on the back from 3.8±0.8 to 4.1±0.7 points (p <0,05), lying on the stomach from 3,7±0,8 to 4,0±0,7 points (p