Assessment of Functional Performance in Children with Cerebral Palsy Receiving Treatment in a Day Care Facility: An Observational Study

01 June 2022 : Clinical Research

Andżelina Wolan-Nieroda^1ABCE*, Aleksandra Łukasiewicz^1CF, Justyna Leszczak^1DEF, Mariusz Drużbicki

^1CDEF, Agnieszka Guzik

^1ACEF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936207

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936207

Table 3 Functional tests and scales at the 3 points of time.

	Month 0 (n=32)		Month 6 (n=32)		Month 8 (n=32)		Kruskal-Wallis test		Month 6 minusMonth 0		Month 8 minusMonth 6		Month 8 minusMonth 0
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	H	p	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	61.88	22.87	67.72	22.16	63.47	23.35	42.00		5.84^*	4.54	−4.25^*	4.81	1.59	2.63
	56.69	25.81	63.28	27.52	56.81	26.70	45.79		6.59^*	3.38	−6.47^*	4.27	0.12	4.12
	65.56	22.92	68.50	22.08	67.41	22.36	42.28		2.94^*	3.02	−1.09^*	1.30	1.84^*	2.49
	20.28	7.27	23.19	7.15	22.94	7.21	37.46		2.91^*	1.77	−0.25	0.67	2.66^*	1.98
	5.50	2.29	6.81	2.10	6.44	1.88	45.39		1.31^*	0.64	−0.38	0.71	0.94^*	0.80
	49.16	9.45	51.38	8.83	48.56	8.75	41.29		2.22^*	1.64	−2.81^*	2.44	−0.59	2.24
	48.88	9.46	51.06	8.72	47.81	8.76	32.67		2.19^*	1.75	−3.25^*	2.86	−1.06	2.73
SD – standard deviation; n – number of observation. ^* Statistically significant difference in Dunn test (post-hoc) p SI – sensory integration; FI – finger identification test; LTC – localisation of tactile stimuli test.