Investigation of Motor Abilities According to Gender in Children with Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the fine and gross motor skills of children with diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) according to gender. Methods: This study included 73 children with diplegic CP (39 males, mean age: 8.76±1.4; 34 females mean age: 8.29±1.31 years) aged between 6 to 12 years...
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Published in | Bezmialem science Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 258 - 263 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Istanbul
Galenos Yayınevi
01.07.2020
Galenos Publishing House |
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Summary: | Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the fine and gross
motor skills of children with diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) according
to gender.
Methods: This study included 73 children with diplegic CP (39
males, mean age: 8.76±1.4; 34 females mean age: 8.29±1.31 years)
aged between 6 to 12 years. Bruininks-Oseretsky Test 2-Short Form
(BOT2-SF), consisting of 8 subtests and 12 items, was used to
evaluate the gross and fine motor skills of children. Fine and gross
motor skills of children with CP were compared with Student’s
t-test.
Results: According to gender, the BOT2-SF total score and fine
motor precision, bilateral coordination and upper-limb coordination
scores of sub-tests were statistically significant higher in girls than
in boys (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of our current study reflect that fine and
gross motor skills of girls with diplegic CP are better than boys.
Physiotherapists and ergotherapists should first determine the
fine and gross motor skill problems with objective measurement
methods and especially consider the differences between genders
when determining an integrated multi-factor therapeutic approach
for children with diplegic CP. |
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ISSN: | 2148-2373 2148-2373 |
DOI: | 10.14235/bas.galenos.2019.3569 |