Folk moxibustion as an effective therapy for cerebral palsy: a new direction for clinical research
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common neurological disorder that cause
motor and language disabilities in children. CP is caused by a
non-progressive brain injury and/or malformation during brain
development. Population-based studies report prevalence of CP ranging
from 1.5 to more than 4 per 1,000 live births or children of a defined
age range worldwide. In the US, 1 in 323 children has been identified
with CP. A cross-sectional CP study of 388,192 children aged <7 years
showed a prevalence of 1.6 per 1000 children or 2.8 per 1000
birthweight-adjusted children in Jiangsu province, China in 1997 or
estimated 310000 CP cases nationwide.
