Study regarding the importance of relaxation in the functional physical therapy treatment of the child with infantile encephalopathy

Abstract

Functional physical therapy treatment in infantile encefalopathy seeks to restore as much as possible the functional capacity, and also to develop some compensatory mechanisms that will assure the possibility of self-help, education and work, respectively an active life and economic and social independence. The introduction of a diverse range of relaxation tehniques in the functional physical therapy program lead to improvement in the neuromotor development of the child with infantile encefalopathy and reduce the difference between his biological and chronological age.

Key words:

physical therapy, relaxation, functional rehabilitation, infantile encephalopathy (IE)