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MEDISAN

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Abstract

VIDAL PEREZ, Teresa et al. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a child. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.11, pp.1791-1796. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case of a 7 year-old boy with Charcot- Marie-Tooth disease, who was attended at the Rehabilitation Department of "Dr. Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" Northern Teaching Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba for rehabilitation treatment is reported. After receiving a therapeutic program the patient improved his muscle strenght and trophism, foot deformities decreased and significant changes occurred in gait, so that timely rehabilitation prevented surgical treatment.

Keywords : child; Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; rehabilitation treatment; therapeutic program.

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