Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of vibroacoustic therapy with Five Elements Music on muscle tone of children with cerebral palsy. Methods 90 children with spastic cerebral palsy were divided into three groups with 30 cases in each group, named conventional therapy group, listening group and vibroacoustic group. Conventional group was treated with physical therapy, massage and hydrotherapy by Chinese medicine. Listening group were treated by listening to the Jiao Music in addition to the conventional therapy. Vibroacoustic group was treated by vibroacoustic therapy based on the listening group. The listening group and vibroacoustic group were treated for 30 min a day for 20 d. The muscle tone and the range of motion (ROM) of hips, knees and ankle before and after treatment were assessed. Results There was no significant difference in age and gender, as well as the muscle tone in lower limbs and ROM of hips, knees and ankle among 3 groups before treatment (P>0.05). After treatment, the muscle tone decreased in the listening group and the vibroacoustic group (P<0.05).The ROM of hips, knees and ankle improved only in the vibroacoustic group (P<0.05). Conclusion Listening to the Jiao music of Five Elements and vibroacoustic therapy with Jiao music can decrease the muscle tone in lower limbs of children with spastic cerebral palsy. And vibroacoustic therapy with Five Elements Music can also improve the ROM of lower limbs the patients.

Key words: cerebral palsy, spasticity, vibroacoustic therapy, muscle tone, range of motion