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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Effect of Physical Guidance on Learning a Tracking Task in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Hadi Nobari, Elham Azimzadeh, Hamidollah Hassanlouei, Georgian Badicu, Jorge Pérez-Gómez, Luca Paolo Ardigò

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 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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2citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Hadi NobariDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, University of Granada, 18010 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7951-8977
Elham AzimzadehDepartment of Behavioural, Cognitive and Technology Sciences in Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 198396-3113, Iran.
Hamidollah HassanloueiDepartment of Behavioural, Cognitive and Technology Sciences in Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 198396-3113, Iran.
Georgian BadicuDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4100-8765
Jorge Pérez-GómezHEME Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Caceres, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-9132
Luca Paolo ArdigòDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, School of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Verona, 37131 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7677-5070
Shahid Beheshti University · IRTransylvania University of Brașov · ROUniversidad de Extremadura · ESUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of physical guidance (PG) frequency on learning a tracking task in children with hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy (CP). For this purpose, 25 children, aged 7-15 years with CP affecting the left side of the body, who were classified in levels II-III of Manual Abilities Classification System (MACS) and levels III-IV of Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), were recruited from 10 clinical centers. A pre-test including two blocks of 12 trials of the tracking task without any PG was performed by all participants, after that they were assigned into five homogenous groups (with 100%, 75%, 50%, 25%, and 0% of PG) through blocked randomization according to their age. All participants involved in an intervention consisted of eight sessions (four blocks of 12 trials in each session) practicing a tracking task. The 0% PG group received no PG, the 25% PG group received PG for three trials, the 50% PG group received PG for six trials, the 75% PG group received PG for nine trials, and the 100% PG group received PG for all twelve trials. PG consisted of placing the experimenter's hand around the child's less-involved hand guiding to stay on the track and complete the task. Learning was inferred by acquisition and delayed retention tests. The results showed that the higher frequency of PG led to more accurate performance during practice phase. However, the group that received 75% PG had significantly better performance compared to the other groups in the retention phase. It is concluded that optimum level of PG, about 75% of trials, can be helpful for learning a tracking task in children with spastic hemiplegic CP, supporting the challenge point framework.

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Cerebral PalsyChildHandHumansMotor SkillsMuscle SpasticitySeverity of Illness Indexcerebral palsychallenge point frameworkfrequencyphysical guidancetracking task

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PMID34281074
PMCPMC8296997
OpenAlexW3180662877

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