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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Decline in Motor Function during the COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions and Its Recovery in a Child with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report.

Daiki Asano, Naoko Kikuchi, Toru Yamakawa, Shu Morioka

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Daiki AsanoDepartment of Rehabilitation, Japan Baptist Hospital, Kyoto 606-8273, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2253-6378
Naoko KikuchiDepartment of Pediatrics, Japan Baptist Hospital, Kyoto 606-8273, Japan.
Toru YamakawaDepartment of Pediatrics, Japan Baptist Hospital, Kyoto 606-8273, Japan.
Shu MoriokaNeurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, Nara 635-0832, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2853-1789

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Abstract

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience various restrictions owing to their underdeveloped mobility. Home confinement due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic may further increase these restrictions. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy with CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System level IV) whose motor function declined during the period when physical therapy was discontinued due to lockdown, approximately four months. At the end of the home confinement, the patient's ability to maintain a sitting posture and weight-bearing capacity of the lower extremities decreased. His Gross Motor Function Measure total score also decreased from 34.5% to 31.9%. After resuming physical therapy, the patient recovered the function status seen before the discontinuation of physical therapy, but this took almost twice as long as the confinement period. We reaffirm that frequent physical therapy is crucial for maintaining motor function in non-ambulatory children with CP. As a countermeasure for the future, urgent efforts are needed for the development of telerehabilitation.

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cerebral palsyCOVID-19home confinementmotor functionrecovery

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PMID34204239
PMCPMC8234799

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