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Monday 21 September 2015

Folk moxibustion as an effective therapy for cerebral palsy: a new direction for clinical research

Volume 8, Issue 2, March–April 2015, Pages 421

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.