2008, Number 1-2
Application of the scale of level instructions in children with cerebral palsy
Boys LO, Sarduy SI, Crespo MMC, Cárdenas BP, Díaz MR
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: One of the most frequently treated pathologies at the Clinic of Children’s Neurology is cerebral palsy. One of most accepted and precise definitions is «a movement-postural-disorder, of a persistent character (but not invariable), secondary to a non-progressive lesion aimed-at an immature brain».Objective: We pretend to demonstrate, through the application of an Instruction-Level Scale, the effectiveness of an occupational therapy treatment in children with Brain Palsy.
Material and methods: We performed a retrospective and lineal study of a sample composed of 40 patients, ages between 5-14, in school ages. They received an initial and final evaluation, through the application of the Instruction-Level Scale. A system of therapeutic activities was conducted, which corresponded with detected difficulties during a treatment-cycle of two daily hours. Statistical analysis: Was performed the non-parametric Wilcoxon Matched Pairs, Test. The results were compared and a percentage of improvement was found.
Results: The system of applied therapeutic activities influenced positively in the correction of learning disorders that children with cerebral palsy do have, as the degree of obtained significance was thus observed P ‹ .0003.
Conclusion: The use of Instruction-Level Scale allows establishing work objectives, as to the training and evaluation of the results of applied treatment. The occupational therapy applied at the clinic of children´s neurology is effective in the correction of disorders in the learning activity that children bearers of cerebral palsy present.
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