ArticleRevista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo
THE EFFECT OF ADAPTED SPORTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE AND BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PROFILE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.
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- Don't be sidelined: Winning strategies for care of the para athlete.Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Disease (2013) · 2025Review
- Improvement on the slopes: The impact of an adaptive snow sports program on children and young adults with disabilities.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Sports Activities in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- A pilot study on sports activities in pediatric palliative care: just do it.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- The Impact of Frame Running on Quality of Life in Young Athletes With Mobility Limitations.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Saccharomyces boulardii improves the behaviour and emotions of spastic cerebral palsy rats through the gut-brain axis pathway.BMC neuroscience · 2021Article
- Using the PODCI to Measure Motor Function and Parent Expectations in Children With Cerebral Palsy.Physical therapy · 2021Article
- The SPORTS Participation Framework: illuminating the pathway for people with disability to enter into, participate in, and excel at sport.Brazilian journal of physical therapyReview
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Abstract
objectiveThe participation in sports and recreational activities promotes inclusion and the quality of life (QOL) for people with some type of disability. This study aims to evaluate and describe the effect of adapted sports (AS) on the QOL and biopsychosocial profile of children/adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP).
methodsForty-seven children/adolescents with CP were evaluated and referred to AS (soccer and swimming). The QOL was evaluated by the Pediatric Outcome Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) and the biopsychosocial profile by the Behavior Checklist for Children/Adolescents (CBCL). These instruments considered the influence of gender, age, race, social income, education and topography of spasticity.
resultsSeventeen children/adolescents who practiced AS were re-evaluated after one year. There was significant improvement in the dimensions of transfers and mobility (p=0.009), upper extremity function (p=0.021) and global function (p=0.004) of IARRP. There was significant improvement considering the attention disorder syndrome (p=0.026), and the attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (p=0.008) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-oriented analysis (CBCL). Children/adolescents with diplegia obtained greater benefit than those with hemiplegia in relation to the comfort and pain (p=0.02) and global dimension (p=0.027) (PODCI). The boys had higher scores in total competence (p=0.048); the extremely poor group obtained higher levels in the breaking rules syndrome (p=0.008).
conclusionsThe AS had a positive effect on the QOL and biopsychosocial profile of children/adolescents with CP in this sample, especially considering the global and upper extremity function, capacity for transfers and mobility, and benefits in the problems related to difficulties in attention.
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