Gross Motor Function and Living Skills in CP

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Palsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06460779

REC/RCR&AHS/23/0792

Details and patient eligibility

About

Cerebral palsy (CP) is non-progressive disorder, which undergoes mishap to the developing brain and it affects a person's ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Old name of CP is "Little's disease".Through social and community participation, children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP) form friendships, gain knowledge, learn skills, express creativity, and determine meaning and purpose in life. The purpose of this study is (1) to determine whether social and community participation of children and youth with CP differ based on age, sex, and gross motor function, and (2) to identify the types of activities in which social and community participation are highest

Full description

Those participants will be excluded having any unstable medical condition that precluded safe community physical activity, any orthopedic or neurological surgery in the previous 6 months, moderate to profound intellectual disability, moderate to severe communication disability, severe visual impairment, any sensory impairment or psychological disorder. The tools that will be used are WHODAS 2.0(WHO Disability Assessment Schedule), Washington Group Short Set of Disability Questions, Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation Activities of Daily Living, Functional Mobility and Participation. Data will be analyzed on SPSS version 25, normality of the data will be checked and data will be presented in the form of descriptive statistics, mean, SD range correlation.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) score greater than or equal to 12.

• Children with age group of 6 to 12 years.
• With diagnosis of CP.
• WHOdas Cognition - score 2.5.
• Mobility - score 2.5.
• Self-care - score 2.5 attending to one's hygiene, dressing, eating and staying alone.
• Getting along -score 2.5 interacting with other people.
• Life activities -score 2.5 domestic responsibilities, leisure, work and school.
• Participation - score 2.5 joining in community activities, participating in society

Exclusion criteria

Any unstable medical condition that precluded safe community physical activity.

• Having any orthopedic or neurological surgery in the previous 6 months.
• Moderate to profound Intellectual disability.
• Moderate to severe communication disability.
• Severe visual impairmen