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EFFECTS OF MYOFASCIAL STRETCH WITH AND WITHOUT FUNCTIONAL MASSAGE ON SPASTICITY AND GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

. Nimra Amir, Fareeha Kausar & Dr Qamar Mahmood


Abstract

Background: Cerebral Palsy is a well-known childhood disability. CP produces disorders of tone, motor development and gait. Spasticity is one of those disorders resulting from lesion of upper motor neuron on spinal or cerebral level which trigger high stretch reflex with exaggerated tendon jerks making movements difficult and labored.

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