Functional Performance in Children With Down Syndrome

Dolva, Anne Stine; Coster, Wendy J.; Lilja, Margareta

doi:10.5014/ajot.58.6.621

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“…Low score across all domains in studied participants lead to global functional affection and increased dependence on caregivers. 9 It is seen because of motor coordination impairment likewise in other developmental disorders in support to present study. Dolva AS et al analyzed functional performance in children with down syndrome using the PEDI scale showed significant lower performance skill in those children.…”

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“…Functional performance and caregivers' assistance was tested using PEDI on children with autism and Asperger syndrome8 and Down's syndrome. 9 PEDI includes 3 domains self-care, mobility and social function domain by which it quantifies functional skills and caregiver assistance. 10 So the need to perform this study was to quantify the dependence level for self-care as well as need of caregiver assistance for global functional performance in the children with PDD.…”

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Global functional performance and caregiver assistance in children with pervasive development disorders

Patel

Diwan

Shah

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) affects motor, social and communication function of a child which may lead to affection of global function. Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) is used to assess performances, degree of functional limitations as well as the extent of caregiver assistance. Hence, the need of the study was to quantify the functionality and dependence level in children with PDD. The aim of the study was to quantify the overall functional performance and need for caregiver assistance in PDD.Methods: An observational study was carried out on 12 children (age 6 months - 7.5 years) diagnosed as PDD, taking rehabilitation at pediatric rehab department of SBB college of physiotherapy. After taking consent of primary caregiver PEDI questionnaire was administered by interview method. Demographic details were noted by physiotherapist.Results: The score of functional skills in three domains were self-care (mean 8.58±5.265), mobility (mean 15.58±15.300) and social function (mean 5.42±4.641). The score of caregiver assistance in three domains were self-care (mean 2.75±3.441), mobility (mean 8.83±11.907) and social function (mean 1.50±2.316). Among six domains 12 children had the lowest score in terms of social function for both caregiver assistance and functional skills.Conclusions: Present study concludes that social function is majorly affected in terms of caregiver assistance in children with PDD.

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confidence: 77%

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confidence: 99%

Global functional performance and caregiver assistance in children with pervasive development disorders

Patel

Diwan

Shah

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…Previous studies on the effect of sex on performance in children with Down syndrome do not lead to a firm conclusion. A study by Dolva et al, (2004) found that girls were better in some areas such as self-care skills, and that boys achieved better results on the mobility domain. It might be that the small sample in our study contributed to findings being non-significant statistically and that in larger samples the differences would be significant.…”

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Fine motor skills in children with Down syndrome

Memišević¹,

Mačak²

2014

Spec eduk i rehabilitacija

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“…CRF also shares a positive relationship with cognitive function in the general population [9,10]. Both functional tasks of daily living and cognitive function are areas of weakness in individuals with DS [11][12][13]. However, very few exercise intervention studies were successful in improving CRF in individuals with DS [14][15][16][17][18].…”

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Physical Activity and Body Composition Relate to Cardiorespiratory Fitness Independently in Young Adults with Down Syndrome

Ringenbach¹,

Holzapfel²,

Bosch³

et al. 2017

JSS

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BACKGROUND: Persons with Down syndrome (DS) typically possess low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), engage in low levels of physical activity (PA), and display elevated obesity levels, but the association between these variables is not clear in persons with DS. METHOD: We investigated the relationships among measures of CRF, PA, and body composition in 30 young adults with DS (age: 21.3 ± 5.5 years) using a cross-sectional study design. RESULTS: Male participants presented on average with a BMI of 32.9 ± 10.0 kg/m 2 , a percent body fat of 22.2 ± 13.0%, and a six-minute walk distance (6MWD) of 411.7 ± 66.3 m. Female participants presented on average with a BMI of 31.6 ± 13.5 kg/m 2 , a percent body fat of 26.7 ± 15.1%, and a six-minute walk distance (6MWD) of 360.4 ± 91.2 m. 6MWD shared a positive relationship with leisure time physical activity levels (r = 0.56, β = 1.488) and a negative relationship with body mass index (BMI; r = -0.49, β = -2.561). No relationship between body composition and PA was found. CONCLUSIONS: It seems that higher PA levels and lower BMI relate to better CRF in young adults with DS. Physical activity and body composition appear to be unrelated in persons with DS.

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Functional Performance in Children With Down Syndrome

Abstract: The results provide baseline information regarding typical levels of functional performance in children with Down syndrome at 5 years of age. However, the broad range of functional performance across children indicates a need for caution in generalizing the results to an individual child.

Cited by 87 publications

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Global functional performance and caregiver assistance in children with pervasive development disorders

Global functional performance and caregiver assistance in children with pervasive development disorders

Fine motor skills in children with Down syndrome

Physical Activity and Body Composition Relate to Cardiorespiratory Fitness Independently in Young Adults with Down Syndrome

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