The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy for Dyspraxia

Introduction and Aims: Outcome measures were devised for dyspraxia following meetings of London-based superintendent paediatric chartered physiotherapists. The measures were designed to audit physiotherapy input so that purchasers, referrers and parents could see the effects of treatment. They were...

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Published inPhysiotherapy Vol. 84; no. 6; pp. 276 - 284
Main Authors Lee, Michèle G, Smith, Graham N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 1998
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of the nervous system
Dyspraxia
Medical sciences
outcome measures
peadiatrics
physiotherapy
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Dyspraxia
peadiatrics
outcome measures
physiotherapy
Human
Performance evaluation
Nervous system diseases
Evaluation scale
Physiotherapy
Definition
Physical rehabilitation
Motility disorder
Central nervous system disease
Clinical investigation
Rehabilitation
Neurological disorder
Therapeutic protocol
Child
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Summary:Introduction and Aims: Outcome measures were devised for dyspraxia following meetings of London-based superintendent paediatric chartered physiotherapists. The measures were designed to audit physiotherapy input so that purchasers, referrers and parents could see the effects of treatment. They were not intended to be used for research. Method: Sixty patients received weekly physiotherapy for eight weeks and undertook a daily home programme. Progress was recorded at the end of the treatment sessions and at a review 12 weeks later. Results: Scores taken at the end of the treatment showed an improvement of 50 to 90% with a mean of 72% per patient. At the review, scores showed an improvement of between 47 to 97% with a mean of 73% per patient. Parents reported an improvement with the goals that they had set of between 50% and 100% with a mean of 72% per patient. Conclusion: Results indicate physiotherapy has a positive effect for children with dyspraxia which is sustained three months after treatment. It has not yet been possible to monitor progress over several years.
ISSN:0031-9406
1873-1465
DOI:10.1016/S0031-9406(05)65529-0