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Physical activity in non-ambulatory toddlers with cerebral palsy
- Source :
- Research in Developmental Disabilities. 90:51-58
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background Children with cerebral palsy are less likely to be physically active than their peers, however there is limited evidence regarding self-initiated physical activity in toddlers who are not able, or who may never be able, to walk. Aims The aim of this study was to measure self-initiated physical activity and its relationship to gross motor function and participation in non-ambulatory toddlers with cerebral palsy. Methods and procedures Participants were between the ages of 1–3 years. Physical activity during independent floor-play at home was recorded using a wearable tri-axial accelerometer worn on the child’s thigh. The Gross Motor Function Measure-66 and the Child Engagement in Daily Life, a parent-reported questionnaire of participation, were administered. Outcomes and results Data were analyzed from the twenty participants who recorded at least 90 min of floor-play (mean: 229 min), resulting in 4598 total floor-play minutes. The relationship between physical activity and gross motor function was not statistically significant (r = 0.20; p = 0.39), nor were the relationships between physical activity and participation (r = 0.05−0.09; p = 0.71−0.84). Conclusions and implications The results suggest physical activity during floor-play is not related to gross motor function or participation in non-ambulatory toddlers with cerebral palsy. Clinicians and researchers should independently measure physical activity, gross motor function, and participation.
- Subjects :
- Male
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Physical activity
Cerebral palsy
03 medical and health sciences
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Accelerometry
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Gross motor function
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Limited evidence
Exercise
Rehabilitation
Cerebral Palsy
05 social sciences
Infant
medicine.disease
Disabled Children
Play and Playthings
Clinical Psychology
Motor Skills
Child, Preschool
Quality of Life
Female
Non ambulatory
Patient Participation
0305 other medical science
Psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08914222
- Volume :
- 90
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Research in Developmental Disabilities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5cd9a96890011d8759b404c98115fefd