ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Speech improvement in children with cerebral palsy by "brain-computer-hand exoskeleton" neurointerface rehabilitation

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Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vladimir B. Pavlenko
Vernadsky pr., 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russia; moc.liamg@55vapv

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation and the Republic of Crimea, grant No. 22-15-20035, https://rscf.ru/en/project/22-15-20035/.

Author contribution: Pavlenko VB, Vlasenko SV — study planning, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing; Orekhova LS, Biryukova EA — data acquisition and analysis, manuscript writing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University (protocol № 1 of 25 January 2022). The informed consent to the children’s enrollment was obtained from their parents.

Received: 2023-06-17 Accepted: 2023-07-14 Published online: 2023-07-28
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Fig. Correlation between the ABILHAND-Kids scores and scores for pronunciation of sounds in 60 children with CP
Table 1. Hand spasticity scores according to the Ashworth scale in patients of the index and comparison groups before and after treatment (Ме [Q1; Q3])
Table 2. Everyday activity management scores according to the ABILHAND-Kids scale in patients of the index and comparison groups before and after treatment (Ме [Q1; Q3])
Table 3. Motor realization of speech production in patients of the index and comparison groups before and after treatment (Ме [Q1; Q3])