Functional Changes in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Autor/inn/en	Krakovsky, Gina; Huth, Myra Martz; Lin, Li; Levin, Ron S.
Titel	Functional Changes in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 28 (2007) 4, S.331-340 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2006.03.005
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Physical Therapy; National Standards; Depression (Psychology); Cerebral Palsy; Adolescents; Children; Multiple Disabilities; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Daily Living Skills; Anxiety; Eating Habits; Emotional Response; Physical Activities; Psychomotor Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Physiotherapie; Hirnlähmung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Sozialer Einfluss; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Alltagsfertigkeit; Angst; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Emotionales Verhalten; Psychomotorische Aktivität
Abstract	Children with multiple handicaps, including cerebral palsy (CP), often lose or regress in their functional ability through adolescence and young adulthood. The purpose of this study was to examine functional and psychosocial changes in children, adolescents, and young adults with CP. A retrospective chart review and a prospective telephone interview of 30 patients (11-29 years, M = 16.8, S.D. = 4.9) was conducted. Seventy-three percent of the patients were male (n = 22) and 83% (n = 25) had spastic CP. According to the McNemar's test, four significant functional losses were found including crawling (p = 0.03), standing independently (p = 0.05), walking with or without assistance (p = 0.014), and eating by mouth (p = 0.01). Standing function loss was significantly related to walking function loss (p = 0.02). Sixty-three percent (n = 19) of the patients experienced anxiety and 10% (n = 3) reported depression. Results of this study indicate that a validated yearly assessment tool is needed to measure functional and emotional changes in children with CP rather than relying on parent recall. This data may also lead to a review of the current physical therapy national standards. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10