The Effect of Vibration Therapy on Spasticity of Children Suffering from Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review

Background: Rehabilitation is one of the primary concerns for children with Cerebral Palsy. Recently in non-pharmacological treatments, vibration therapy is increasingly used. Objective: To systematically identify and evaluate studies that applied vibration therapy on children having spasticity due to cerebral palsy. Methods: For the search process, we searched three databases Medline, Cochrane library, and Google scholar from Jan 2000 to May 2021. For the selection process, our inclusion criteria were the English language published articles that discussed I) vibration therapy II) Children III) Spasticity and IV) Patients of Cerebral palsy. Results: Results showed eight Quality studies and among those, only two showed an effect of the decrease in spasticity in the intervention group. Conclusion: Due to the limited quality studies we can say that there is no strong evidential base for vibration therapy action so this area requires more experiments with a healthy number of participants. Standardization of some parameters in protocol will be an important step towards the evidential research of the therapy. Moreover, the use of cognitive neuroscience techniques will help in making the therapy evidence.