And now , from the darkest corner of pediatric medication comes a recent study that somehow bridge over the gap between costumed harlequinade and tainted canned commodity .
Danish researchers recently investigated whether or not the presence of a clown mitigate the effects of botulinum treatment for children with cerebral palsy . The paper — “ consequence of a clown ’s mien at botulinum toxin injections in children : a randomize , prospective study,”Journal of Pain Research — kicks off with a series of observations about sanative harlequinade that oscillate between strange and shivery :
The bearing of a merry andrew seems to have a plus effect on preoperative anxiousness , but no core when the anesthesia mask is introduced [ … ] The use of clowns is not always easy because of resistance from aesculapian faculty . Only a few study on the event of clowns have been express out , and very little is known about the mode of action mechanism .
The authors then dig into their methods and the clown ’s origination , a passage which is a closed book novella unto itself :
The goofball came from a infirmary in another part of the country . The goof deflect the small fry , strain to be inferior to the child and construct an alliance with the child , thereby allowing the child a ranking role to increase its ego - esteem . The goofball mirrored and amplified the baby ’s chemical reaction , enable and accepted the minor ’s expressions , and was verbal if appropriate . The goof decided herself on the appropriate way of interacting with the tike , according to the baby ’s excited state . She arrange the same way , with a big chick , a painted face , and a big blood-red olfactory organ at every seance .
effective on the researchers for control the clown ’s nasal consonant embroidery . The team then reason out :
No issue of the buffoon was documented for tike being treated for the first time . At repeat treatment , we saw a confirming outcome of the female goofball in relation to girls , and a negative burden on boy new than 8 years of age .
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