dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-27T08:51:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-16T23:46:16Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-12-27T21:23:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Størvold, Gunfrid Vinje Jahnsen, Reidun Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik Bratberg, Grete Helen . Is more frequent physical therapy associated with increased gross motor improvement in children with cerebral palsy? A national prospective cohort study. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67835 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: To investigate the association between physical therapy frequency and gross motor improvement in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Materials and methods: This is a prospective cohort study of 442 children aged 2–12 years, Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I–V, from the Cerebral Palsy Follow-up Program and the Cerebral Palsy Register of Norway. Outcome was change in reference percentiles for the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) between two subsequent assessments (N = 1056) analyzed in a linear mixed model.
Results: It was a dose response association between physical therapy frequency and gross motor improvement. Mean change was 4.2 (95% CI: 1.4–7.1) percentiles larger for physical therapy 1–2 times per week and 7.1 (95% CI: 2.6–11.6) percentiles larger for physical therapy >2 times per week, compared to less frequent physical therapy when analyzed in a multivariable model including multiple child and intervention factors. The only statistically significant confounder was number of contractures which was negatively associated with gross motor improvement.
Conclusions: When gross motor improvement is a goal for children with CP, more frequent physical therapy should be considered. | en_US |
dc.language | EN | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
dc.title | Is more frequent physical therapy associated with increased gross motor improvement in children with cerebral palsy? A national prospective cohort study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.creator.author | Størvold, Gunfrid Vinje | |
dc.creator.author | Jahnsen, Reidun | |
dc.creator.author | Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik | |
dc.creator.author | Bratberg, Grete Helen | |
cristin.unitcode | 185,52,12,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Avdeling for sykepleievitenskap | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1647477 | |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Disability and Rehabilitation&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2018 | |
dc.identifier.jtitle | Disability and Rehabilitation | |
dc.identifier.pagecount | 9 | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1528635 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-71002 | |
dc.type.document | Tidsskriftartikkel | en_US |
dc.type.peerreviewed | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.issn | 0963-8288 | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/67835/2/Is%2Bmore%2Bfrequent%2Bphysical%2Btherapy%2Bassociated%2Bwith%2Bincreased%2Bgross%2Bmotor%2Bimprovement%2Bin%2Bchildren%2Bwith%2Bcerebral%2Bpalsy19263.pdf | |
dc.type.version | AcceptedVersion | |