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A single, open and non comparative study was conducted at Anwar Shah Trust for C.P. & Paralysis in collaboration
with the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children Hospital Lahore, Pakistan to evaluate the effects of
ACULASER THERAPY in childern suffering from Cerebral Palsy (C.P.) and associated Neurological Disorders
like epilepsy, cortical blindness, spasticity, hemiplegia, paraplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia, monoplegia, sensoryneural
deafness and speech disorders. In all 500 children were treated and the data was gathered during a period of 4
years from December 2006 till December 2010. These children were further classified according to the type of C.P.
(spastic, athetoid, mixed) they suffered from and associated Neurological Disorders.
This article shows results in C.P. childern who were treated with ACULASER THERAPY for a minimum of 08
weeks and more or had minimum of 15 treatment sessions and more. This article also shows that those childern who
were given a break in the treatment for 1 month to 1 year did not show any reversal of the signs and symptoms.
Analysis of the data showed that out of 342 children with Spasticity and Stiffness 294 showed marked improvement
showing 87% success rate, out of 252 children with Epileptic fits, there was a significant reduction in the intensity,
frequency and duration of Epileptic fits in 182 children showing 72% success rate, out of 96 children with Cortical
Blindness 60 children showed improvement accounting for 63% efficacy rate, out of 210 children with Hearing
Difficulties, 126 showed marked improvement accounting for 60% improvement rate, out of 380 children with
Speech Disorders 244 showed improvement reflecting 64 % improvement rate, out of 192 children with Hemiplegia
142 showed improvement in movement, tone and power accounting for 74% improvement rate, out of 152 children
with Quadriplegia 104 showed improvement in gross and fine motor functions showing 69% success rate and out of
116 children with Paraplegia of lower limbs 88 showed improvement in weight bearing, standing and movement
accounting for 76% improvement rate.
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