E.M. Inozemtseva¹
Dr. Med., Professor V.A. Isanova²
Rehabilitologist, physical therapist E.S. Vorobyova¹
PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Kornev^3
1Charitable Foundation named after Ekaterina Inozemtseva, Moscow
²Kazan State Medical University, Kazan
³Russian State Social University, Moscow

Objective of the study was to test benefits of a new aerial gymnastics (wind tube) project for physical rehabilitation and social adaptation of cerebral-palsy-diagnosed children.
Methods and structure of the study. Aerodynamic gymnastics may be defined as the wind tunnel application method for physical training of the cerebral-palsy-diagnosed children conditional on sensitive customizing for the individual health conditions and progress needs by varied wind speeds, flows and training intensities. Special physical practices in wind tunnel are known to help relieve muscle tension, build up physical endurance, stretch muscles, mitigate muscle spasms and cramps, train strength, movement coordination and spatial orientation skills. We summarized practical experience of the cerebral-palsy-diagnosed children’s physical activating aerodynamic gymnastics practices in the Fly Station wind tunnel in Saint Petersburg and Miass (Chelyabinsk Oblast) cities to develop a new aerodynamic gymnastics model complementary to the standard adaptive physical education service under the interregional Fly With Me Project for the underage cerebral-palsy-diagnosed groups. The Project facilitates the joint efforts of experts and families to improve the life quality of the children with cerebral palsy in four pilot cities of the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Ulyanovsk) where we sampled for the aerodynamic gymnastics model piloting experiment the local 5-14 year-old cerebral-palsy-diagnosed children (n=120).
Results and conclusion. Our practical experience of the aerodynamic gymnastics service complementary to the standard adaptive physical education methods showed the long-term aerodynamic gymnastics service being beneficial for the cerebral-palsy-diagnosed children’s mental and physical health to facilitate their progress in every aspect including social adaptation.

Keywords: aerodynamic gymnastics, muscle tone normalization, increase in joint mobility.

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