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Trunk control and functionality in children with spastic cerebral palsy
Gulce Kallem Seyyar1, Bahar Aras1, Ozgen Aras1
1a School of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation , Dumlupinar University , Kutahya , Turkey.
Purpose:
To investigate the relationship between trunk control in sitting and functionality in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).
Methods:
Fifty-eight children with spastic CP were included in the study. Functional abilities were evaluated with the Gross Motor Function Measurement-88 (GMFM-88) and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory Functional Skills domain (PEDI-FSD). Trunk control in sitting was tested with the Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) and the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS). The scores of the TCMS and TIS were compared with GMFM-88 and PEDI-FSD with Spearman correlation analysis.
Results:
The total score of GMFM-88 was significantly correlated with the total score of TCMS (rho = 0.90, p < 0.01) and TIS (rho = 0.78, p < 0.01). The total score of PEDI-FSD was also significantly correlated with the total score of TCMS (rho = 0.76, p < 0.01) and TIS (rho = 0.72, p < 0.01).
Conclusions:
The evaluation of trunk control can provide valuable information for functional abilities of children with spastic CP.
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