[Stepwise motor rehabilitation of children with neurologic complications of tuberculous spondylitis].

The proposed protocol for postoperative motor rehabilitation of children with tuberculous spondylitis complicated by severe neurological disorders is based on the procedures developed by the authors to induce spinal locomotor activity. The developed algorithm of motor rehabilitation of spinal patients involves separate restoration of gait components (rhythmic stereotypic walking (spinal locomotion), maintenance of a standing posture and voluntary control over the movements ensuring gait. The stages of motor rehabilitation were defined by taking into account these factors and a child's neurological status. The use of the algorithm in the treatment of 11 children with tuberculosis and 13 children with other spinal diseases resulted in the restoration of normal compensatory gait or in its formation in the vast majority of patients.