Physiotherapy results in a baby with congenital lymphedema: a follow-up study.

Physiotherapy results of a 6.5-month-old baby with congenital lymphedema in the lower limbs are presented in this study. Her motor developmental level and reflexes were evaluated and test results did not show any abnormal findings.

Early physiotherapy intervention in premature infants.

Preterm infants are more likely to have disabling cerebral palsy (CP) than term infants. It has been reported that early therapeutic approaches may be appropriate for infants at risk of neuromotor dysfunction, to minimize the degree of future handicaps. Two hundred and twenty-nine infants born at less than 34 weeks' gestation, with birth weight < or = 2,000 g, cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit of Hacettepe University Hospital between January 1997-June 1999 were included in this study.