An analysis of stimulation methods used in rehabilitation equipment for children with cerebral palsy

Cunxiao Guo; Yongdan Cun; Bo Xia; Suyu Chen; Can Zhang; Yiping Chen; Exian Shan; Pengyue Zhang; Xiantao Tai

doi:10.3389/fneur.2024.1371332

An analysis of stimulation methods used in rehabilitation equipment for children with cerebral palsy

Front Neurol. 2024 Jun 18:15:1371332. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1371332. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Cunxiao Guo^#¹, Yongdan Cun^#^{1

2}, Bo Xia³, Suyu Chen¹, Can Zhang¹, Yiping Chen¹, Exian Shan¹, Pengyue Zhang¹, Xiantao Tai¹

Affiliations

¹ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine for Chronic Disease in Prevention and Treatment, Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Massage for Treatment of Encephalopathy, College of Acupuncture and Tuina Rehabilitation, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
² Yunnan College of Business Management, Kunming, China.
³ Master of Science in Computer Science, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA, United States.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objective: This paper summarizes the research progress into stimulation methods used in rehabilitation equipment for pediatric cerebral palsy (CP) for the past 20 years from 2003 to 2023. We also provide ideas for innovative research and development of artificial intelligence-based rehabilitation equipment.

Methods: Through a certain search strategy, Keywords are searched in the China National Knowledge Network Database (CNKI), the Wanfang Database knowledge service platform, the Chongqing VIP information service, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, ScienceDirect, Medline, Embase, and IEEE database. A total of 3,049 relevant articles were retrieved, and 49 articles were included that mentioned research and development of rehabilitation equipment. We excluded articles that were not specific to children with CP, were duplicated or irrelevant literature, were missing data, the full article was not available, the article did not describe the method of stimulation used with the rehabilitation equipment on children with CP, were not Chinese and English, and were the types of reviews and commentaries.

Results: Physical stimulation is the main stimulation method of rehabilitation equipment for children with CP. Force stimulation is the main mode of physical stimulation, and there are 17 articles that have verified the clinical efficacy of force stimulation-based equipment.

Conclusion: Research on the stimulation mode of pediatric cerebral palsy rehabilitation equipment is likely to focus on simulating the force of the Chinese medicine called "tuina manipulation." When this method is combined with artificial intelligence and personalized direction we believe this will lay the foundation for future development of a novel therapy for children with CP.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cerebral palsy; rehabilitation equipment; review; stimulation mode.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82374614), the Yunnan Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Tuina Prevention and Treatment of Encephalopathy (2019YGZ04), the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Project (202102AA100016), Yunnan Basic Research Traditional Chinese Medicine Joint Special Project (202001AZ070001-002), and Yunnan province innovation team of prevention and treatment for brain diseases with acupuncture and tuina (202405AS350007).