Effects of Combination of Wax Therapy and Occupational Therapy on Spastic Cerebral Palsy with Thumb Adduction

Objective To observe effects of combination of wax therapy and occupational therapy on spastic cerebral palsy with thumb adduction.Methods100 cases of children with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into observation group(n=50) and control group(n=50).The observation group received occupational therapy and wax therapy,while the control group received only occupational therapy.The effect was compared between the two groups 3 months after treatment.ResultsThe two groups improved significantly 3 months after treatment,while the observation group was better than the control group(P0.001).ConclusionWax therapy combined with occupational therapy have better effects on thumb adduction in spastic cerebral palsy than simple occupational therapy.