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Pediatric Developmental Rehabilitation Unit

Status information


Location

Developmental Rehabilitation Therapy on the 2nd floor of Children's Hospital

Major Diseases

  • Children with motor and cognitive impairments due to brain lesions (cerebral palsy, brain malformations, corpus callosum defects, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, meningitis, etc.)

  • Children with developmental delays compared to normal children

  • Children with various chromosomal conditions (Down syndrome, dwarfism, mental retardation, learning disabilities, etc.)

  • Children with motor deficits due to muscle weakness or muscle disease

  • Other children with autism and developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), etc.

  • Speech impairment due to deafness, cleft palate, intellectual disability, or developmental disability

Facilities

3 physical therapy rooms, 2 occupational therapy rooms, speech therapy, group training room, neurophysiology lab, 2 medical offices

Facilities

  • Physical Therapy: Ride-on, Galileo, Front Stander, Electric Upper and Lower Extremity Exerciser, Electrical Stimulation Therapy (FES), Sling System

  • Swallowing rehabilitation: Functional Electrical Stimulator (VitalStim)

  • Cognitive rehabilitation: Computerized Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy Program (CoTras-C)

Phone number

053) 200-3831~2


Introduction

Physical therapy room
The pediatric physical therapy room provides exercise therapy to various children so that they can develop age-appropriate development.
It aims to improve the function of large muscle activities through normal muscle tension, posture, and movement experiences for children in accordance with the normal development process.
Subject to treatment: cerebral palsy, premature babies, chromosomal abnormalities, muscle disease, traumatic brain injury, developmental delay, etc

Physical therapy for children
Abnormal posture and exercise patterns occur due to abnormally elevated tension and primitive reflection, so it is a treatment that controls them and allows them to take normal exercise and posture. If necessary, you can improve muscle function (muscle strength, endurance, range of motion, exercise control, etc.) by combining stretching and strengthening exercises.

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) treatment
It promotes functional movement by applying electrical stimulation to muscles that do not have smooth muscle contraction due to dysfunction of the central nervous system, not only helps muscles function properly, but also prevents or delays muscle atrophy, preventing muscle deterioration, and retraining muscles.

Occupational therapy room
The pediatric occupational therapy room aims to improve sensory and motor abilities, perceptual and cognitive abilities, daily life activities, and play skills by evaluating children with developmental problems and providing various purposeful activities and sensory activities.
Subject to treatment: children with cerebral palsy, premature births, chromosomal abnormalities, muscle diseases, traumatic brain injuries, developmental delays, autism and developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), etc

Pediatric occupational therapy
It helps children apply to the external environment of their home and school environments through more meaningful and purposeful activities, and focuses on leading continuous development through learning-related activities.

Swallowing treatment
We evaluate children who have normal swallowing problems due to damage to the central nervous system, anatomical structural abnormalities, and chromosomal abnormalities, and take a therapeutic approach to the current functional disorders of the child according to the results. In order to control the oral muscle movement during food intake, posture, breathing, and muscle tension during dietary intake, and to improve it as close to the sartorial range as possible, individual treatment goals are set up and treated in cooperation with parents, and electrical stimulation treatment is accompanied as necessary.

Group training room
The group training room provides opportunities for children to use their own muscles through various treatment environments and devices, and induces movement improvement through various sensory stimulation.

Equestrian treatment
Equestrian devices help improve cardiopulmonary function and strengthen muscle strength, and provide an opportunity to use a variety of postural muscles that children do not use well by themselves. The riding program has the advantage of being able to do full-body exercises like playing.

Full-body cross-vibration exercise therapy
It induces spontaneous muscle contraction and relaxation through spinal cord reflex mechanisms through systemic cross-vibration exercise.

Cognitive therapy room
Cognitive therapy rooms apply individual computerized cognitive programs (COTRAS) when attention and memory are reduced due to brain lesions, developmental delays, and learning disabilities.
Subject to treatment: children with cerebral palsy, premature babies, chromosomal abnormalities, muscle diseases, traumatic brain damage, developmental delays, autism and developmental disorders, learning disorders, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), etc

Computerized cognitive therapy
It is one of the groundbreaking cognitive treatments that accelerates the brain's response speed to children who have slow response and cognitive speeds or want to increase learning ability by applying individualized computerized cognitive programs (COTRAS), and is only implemented in a few specialized hospitals in Korea. This computerized cognitive therapy is a training method that improves cognitive ability through computers and therapists, and after measuring the areas of the brain that need to be improved by comprehensive attention/cognitive function tests, attention and concentration training, memory training, reaction training, logical thinking and action planning skills, spatial and sagacity training, visual training, visual training, visual training, and visual-motor coordination training, etc. can improve cognitive ability, learning ability, and concentration.

Speech therapy room
In the speech therapy room, a systematic and step-by-step program is conducted according to the results of language evaluation for parents or guardians, and treatment and guardian education are provided to ensure effective speech rehabilitation.
Subject to treatment: Children with delayed speech, children with delayed speech development, children with incorrect pronunciation, children with speech/language problems caused by brain lesions (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, etc.), children with stutter, etc

Speech therapy
It provides professional diagnosis and evaluation services to children who have difficulty communicating due to speech and language problems and improves communication skills through customized individual treatment programs to help them adapt to smooth interpersonal relationships and social life.W

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