Kanda T, Yuge M, Yamori Y, Suzuki J, Fukase H
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1984 Aug;26(4):438-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1984.tb04468.x.
This study reports the effect of early physiotherapy, using Vojta's method, on children with spastic diplegia. Eight children with spastic diplegia (in spite of early treatment which was started before nine months of age) were compared with 21 children with spastic diplegia in which treatment was started between nine months and three years of age. The average age of starting to walk was eight months earlier in the group treated early, although they had more severe complications. They tended to walk steadily with a gait pattern which was quite different from the classical pattern. All of the early treated patients had confirmed organic brain damage with abnormal CT scan or microcephaly. In conclusion, Vojta's method of treatment is one system which improves the prognosis for walking if performed early.
本研究报告了采用沃伊塔方法进行早期物理治疗对痉挛性双瘫患儿的影响。将8名痉挛性双瘫患儿（尽管在9个月龄之前就开始了早期治疗）与21名在9个月至3岁之间开始治疗的痉挛性双瘫患儿进行了比较。早期治疗组开始走路的平均年龄早8个月，尽管他们有更严重的并发症。他们倾向于以一种与经典模式截然不同的步态稳定行走。所有早期治疗的患者经CT扫描异常或小头畸形确诊存在器质性脑损伤。总之，沃伊塔治疗方法是一种如果早期进行就能改善行走预后的体系。
