A retrospective cohort study was conducted to describe the relationship between gross motor function and manual ability in children with cerebral palsy and explore differences between cerebral palsy subtypes and associated comorbidities. Children with cerebral palsy born between 1999 and 2008 were included from the Registre de la Paralyse Cérébrale de Québec identifying 332 children. The overal...

ระบบการจําแนกระดับความสามารถดานการเคลื่อนไหว (GMFCS) สําหรับเด็กสมองพิการ ประเมินจากการเริ่มการเคลื อ่นไหวดวยตนเองโดยเนนท่ีการน่ัง การเคลื่อนยาย และความสามารถในการเคลื่อนท่ี เมื่อนิยามการจําแนกเปน 5 ระดับ หลักเกณฑในการแยกแยะแตละระดับตองมีความหมายในชีวิตประจําวัน ความแตกตางของระดับอยูท่ีขอจํากัดในการทําหนาท่ี ความตองการใชอุปกรณในการเคลื่อนท่ีท่ีใชมือจับ (ไดแก โครงหัดเดิน ไมเทาหรือไม ค้ํายัน)...

The purpose of this single subject research study was to examine the effects of a once weekly, 10-week hippotherapy program for three children, ages 27-54 months, with cerebral palsy. Participants were rated as Level V on the Gross Motor Function Classification System. The Sitting Dimension of the Gross Motor Function Measure was used to establish a baseline of sitting abilities, and was admini...

background and objective: achievement of motor skills is an important part of childhood development. there are some scales that commonly used for preschool-aged children including peabody developmental motor scales, 2nd edition (pdms-2). a cross sectional study designed to compare motor skills of high risk and normal infants of 3 to 6 months of age. methods: in this case control study, 45 high ...

objectives: developmental coordination disorder (dcd) is a motor skill disorder which impacts upon a child, s ability to perform age-appropriate activity of daily living and academic performance. they have problems in gross & fine motors, their upper limb coordination are impaired, too. in this way, we decided to compare motors skills with botmp test in children with dcd and their normal peers....

Purpose: To assess physical fitness, gross motor capacity, and their relationship in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). 
 Materials Methods: Children NF1 (n=40, age 6-17, mean 9.70±3.8 years) typically developing (TDC) (n= 28, 5,5-17,5, 11.35±3.0 were evaluated by the six-minute walking test, sit-up sit-and-reach flamingo balance test body mass index. Gross capacity was assessed...

OBJECT The primary aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the short-term (1 year) and long-term (mean 6 years) effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) on gross motor function and spasticity in ambulatory children with spastic diplegia. Secondary aims were to investigate side effects, additional treatment during follow-up (botulinum toxin type A injections or orthopedic surgery...

Objectives: Spastic hemiplegia cerebral palsy is the second type of cerebral palsy among pre-mature infants, which affects the mobility of one side of the body by impairing the brain’s ability to send nerve impulse to the muscles. The present research aims to examine the effect of motor training in mirror therapy on the gross motor skills in Spastic Hemiplegia Cerebral Palsy (SHCP) childr...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors which contribute to the improvements of the gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy after physical therapy. METHODS The subjects were 45 children with spastic cerebral palsy with no previous botulinum toxin injection or operation history within 6 months. They consisted of 24 males (53.3%) and 21 females (46.7%), and the age of the subj...

The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and sensitivity of the Wartenberg pendulum test for quantification of muscle tone in young children with spastic diplegia undergoing selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). Fourteen nondisabled children (mean age of 5.5 years, age range 2.3 to 8.8 years, one female and one male in each year) were tested twice. Twenty children with spastic diple...