Abstracts

Roughly 500,000 children and adolescents across the U.S. suffer from seizure activity. Currently, medication management programs are the primary intervention with only varying success at controlling seizure activity. Increased attention and study needs to be focused on non-pharmacological intervention strategies like stem cell therapy. This case study evaluated the effectiveness of human, umbilical cord stem cell (hUCSC) therapy over a ten month period of time in an eight year old male with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. , Direct observations and indirect measures (such as standardized assessment tools) were conducted and administered; interviews with support persons were also conducted. Seizure activity, motor skills, communication skills and academic performance baseline were evaluated for change following two stem cell injections (1.8-2.0 and 2.8-3.0 million stem cells) administered six months apart.
A single subject research design was used to collect baseline and post-injection data., A [italic]t[/italic]-test analysis of data groups presented statistical significance (at p=.05) in seizure activity. The post injection data represented the subject as exhibiting approximately a 90% reduction in both seizure frequency and duration during the period of this study., Although a single case study does not serve as [quot]proof[quot] that stem cell therapy is an effective treatment. Studies into this new area of science must critically evaluate all outcomes that may be discovered., (Supported by Private Funder.)