Gross Motor Function and Living Skills in CP

Overview

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

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.

Conditions

Eligibility