Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to a group of disorders of movement and posture, causing activity limitation that is attributed to a non-progressive insult to the developing fetal or infant brain. CP is one of the most common causes of physical disability during childhood. In this report, we would like to summarize and analyze the curative effect of spastic cerebral palsy children treated by scalp acupuncture exercise therapy in the past, and provide a combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine for clinical advantage and provide a practical, feasible and effective rehabilitation treatment plan for cerebral palsy.

From 2013 to 2016 in our hospital children's rehabilitation department outpatient rehabilitation treatment of cerebral palsy children were screened, and meeting the diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy as the research object. Before and after treatment, the Gross Motor Function Measure-88 (GMFM-88) was used to evaluate gross motor function and Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADL) was used to evaluate activities of daily living. Among them, 29 cases were treated with routine rehabilitation training as control groups and 23 cases were treated with routine rehabilitation therapy combined with scalp acupuncture exercise therapy as the treatment groups. Comparative analysis of the two groups of children after treatment between groups and before and after the treatment of gross motor function and activities of daily living.

The scores of GMFM and ADL in treatment and control groups were significantly higher than those before treatment (P<0.05). After treatment, GMFM and ADL scores in treatment groups were significantly higher than those in control groups (P<0.05).

Scalp acupuncture exercise therapy combined with routine rehabilitation therapy can significantly improve the gross motor function and activities of daily living of children with spastic cerebral palsy, which is significantly better than routine rehabilitation therapy.