Motor Training and Physical Activity Among Preschoolers with Cerebral Palsy: A Survey of Parents’ Experiences

Abstract

Parent-reported child benefits support goal-directed motor interventions, and the use of everyday activities to increase practice of motor skills.

Gross motor ability predicts response to upper extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke

“…After excluding participants who performed within one standard deviation of normal ability at baseline, mean improvements on individual gross motor tasks were between about 40% and 60%, whereas mean improvements on individual fine motor tasks were typically between about 8% and 20%. This trend is consistent with other reports in the literature (Lee et al 2011, 2015; Myrhaug and Ostensjo 2014). …”

Effects of a conductive education course in young children with cerebral palsy:A randomized controlled trial

“…The parents in both groups reported a large amount of conventional practice in the web-based log at week 14, potentially explaining the lack of additional effects of the CE course. To our knowledge, the present large amount of parent-reported conventional practice has only been identified in three other studies [8][9][10]. In the two Norwegian studies [8,9], the training was often incorporated into daily activities at home and in the kindergarten, whereas in Ødman and Øberg [10], the context of training was not reported.…”

“…To our knowledge, the present large amount of parent-reported conventional practice has only been identified in three other studies [8][9][10]. In the two Norwegian studies [8,9], the training was often incorporated into daily activities at home and in the kindergarten, whereas in Ødman and Øberg [10], the context of training was not reported. As children with CP need a large amount of practice to acquire motor and functional skills [298], home training is often found in the intensive training of young children [2].…”

“…Recent Norwegian surveys indicate that conventional practice is most commonly performed as functional training (e.g., targeting walking, eating and playing) integrated in daily activities at home and in kindergarten led by physiotherapists, parents or other caregivers of the child [8,9]. As far as F o r P e e r R e v i e w O n l y Page 4 we know, only twoone studies [10,11] haves investigated the effects of a CE course followed by conventional practice.…”

Interventions to Improve or Maintain Lower-Limb Function Among Ambulatory Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Current Practice in the UK

“…Current research suggests that despite the fluctuation in mobility status across the lifespan of a person with CP, the amount of physiotherapy provided to people with CP does not remain constant throughout their life (Majnemer et al, 2014;McDowell et al, 2015). Between 90% and 94% of parents of preschool children with CP stated that their child received physiotherapy (Myrhaug et al, 2014;Palisano et al, 2012). However, only 63.7% of parents of children with CP aged 6 to 12 years and 51.8% of parents of adolescents with CP aged 12 to 19 years reported that their child received physiotherapy (Majnemer et al, 2014).…”