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Hilde Tinderholt Myrhaug1, Jan Odgaard-Jensen2, Reidun Jahnsen3
1a Division of Health Services , Norwegian Institute of Public Health , Oslo , Norway.
Purpose:
To assess the additional long-term effects of multiple conductive education (CE) courses followed by conventional practice on functional skills and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy (CP) compared to a 4-month CE-course delay including conventional practice.
Methods:
Twenty-one children with CP, 3-6 years and varied functional levels, were randomized to 3-week CE course(s) followed by conventional practice or 4 months on a waiting list, including conventional practice and followed by CE-courses. Outcomes were measured 8 and 12 months after baseline. A web-based log collected data on conventional practice.
Results:
We found no interaction between group assignment and time on functional skills and quality of life in children with CP at 8 and 12 months. Two thirds of the children in both groups performed a large amount of conventional practice.
Conclusions:
No added long-term effects of CE courses were found. Larger controlled CE studies are needed.
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