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Alyssa LaForme Fiss1, Lynn Jeffries, Allison Yocum
1Department of Physical Therapy (Dr Fiss), Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Rehabilitation Science (Dr Jeffries), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Waypoint Pediatric Physical Therapy (Dr Yocum), Issaquah, Washington; Rehabilitation Medicine (Dr McCoy), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Purpose:
This study aimed to describe Early Activity Scale for Endurance (EASE) scores and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) distances of children with cerebral palsy (CP) by functional ability level, sex, and age and to examine the convergent validity of the 2 tests.
Methods:
A total of 708 participants with CP, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I to V, completed the EASE, and 376 of the study participants (3-12years), GMFCS levels I to III, completed the 6MWT.
Results:
Children with CP vary in EASE scores and 6MWT distances based on GMFCS level and, to a lesser extent, age. The EASE and the 6MWT demonstrate a statistically significant but low, positive correlation.
Conclusions:
Understanding the relationship between these outcomes and GMFCS levels and age assists clinicians in establishing plans of care targeted at improving endurance for activity and functional walking capacity for children with CP.
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