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🇳🇬 Patient story · from Nigeria

9-year-old with spastic diplegic CP: Cerebral palsy — GMFCS Level III, post-SDR surgery at CMC Vellore

Travelled from Lagos, Nigeria — via Dubai to Chennai (MAA) for a 8-week paediatric intensive. GMFM-66 42 → 58; independent walking with AFO for 100 m.

At a glance

Patient
9-year-old with spastic diplegic CP
Condition
Cerebral palsy — GMFCS Level III, post-SDR surgery at CMC Vellore
Programme
8-week paediatric intensive
Outcome
GMFM-66 42 → 58; independent walking with AFO for 100 m
Week by week

How the programme progressed

Rehab week-by-week — Nigerian patient story

  1. 1

    Week 1–2

    Post-surgical scar mobilisation, gentle range-of-motion, gait re-training on treadmill with body-weight support.

  2. 2

    Week 3–5

    Selective motor-control training, task-specific play-based rehab, orthotic (AFO) trial and fit.

  3. 3

    Week 6–8

    Community ambulation, school-simulation drills, parent-attendant coaching for home continuation.

Clinical highlights

Outcome measures and milestones

Outcome

GMFM-66 score: 42 → 58

Outcome

10 m walk time: 38 s → 18 s

Outcome

AFO fitted and gait-integrated by week 6

Composite patient profile assembled from typical caseloads for Nigerian patients. Individual outcomes vary — this story is illustrative, not a guarantee.

In their words

What the patient said

"We came for the SDR surgery at CMC Vellore and stayed for the rehab. Two months of daily work — my son walked into his first day of school back home."
Composite profile — Lagos family, paediatric CP
After discharge

Follow-up and continuity of care

Monthly online reviews for 12 months; annual AFO review visit recommended.

  • Home-exercise video
  • Weekly progress report to home doctor
  • WhatsApp follow-ups: 2 wk / 6 wk / 3 mo
  • Online video review sessions
  • Discharge report with ICD-10 codes
FAQ · Vellore

Questions Nigerian patients ask about a story like this

How composite stories are built, whether outcomes are guaranteed, and how to plan a similar programme.

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