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ISSN: 2476-3888

Winter 2017
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

Effect of Massage Using Camel Hump Oil Compared to Olive Oil on Muscle Tone of Children with Spastic Diplegia: Single Participant Design

  • Minoo Kalantari
  • Zahra Shafiee
  • Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban
  • Farzad Zhiani

Journal of Clinical Physiotherapy Research, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017), , Page 32-38
https://doi.org/10.22037/jcpr.v2i1.14346 Published 8 January 2017

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Abstract

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of massage with camel hump oil on muscle tone in the lower limb compared with olive oil on children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. Materials and Methods:  The study was performed using a single subject design. Six children were selected based on available sampling. The study lasted 10 weeks for each person, which includes five phases: 1-baseline (two weeks), 2-massage with olive oil (two weeks), 3- baseline (two weeks), 4- massage with camel hump oil (two weeks), and 5- baseline (two weeks). At each stage, muscle tones of Hamstring, hip adductors, and calf muscles were evaluated using the Modified Ashworth Scale. The visual analysis and Mann-whitney U test were used to evaluate differences between phases. Results: A significant difference was observed between the adductor (in 4 cases), hamstrings (in 4 cases), and calf muscles tone (in two cases) (P<0.05), demonstrating the higher effect of massage with camel hump oil compared to that with olive oil. Conclusion: It seems that camel hump oil may be more effective in some cases than olive oil in reducing muscle tone, but the overall conclusion requires further studies.

Keywords: Camel hump oil; Massage; Muscle tone; Spastic diplegia
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Kalantari, M., Shafiee, Z., Akbarzadeh Baghban, A., & Zhiani, F. (2017). Effect of Massage Using Camel Hump Oil Compared to Olive Oil on Muscle Tone of Children with Spastic Diplegia: Single Participant Design. Journal of Clinical Physiotherapy Research, 2(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.22037/jcpr.v2i1.14346
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