Kelly Greve, Amy F Bailes, Nanhua Zhang, Jason Long, Bruce Aronow, Alexis Mitelpunkt
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Abstract
Purpose: To characterize physical therapy (PT) dose for children with cerebral palsy (CP) after multi-level surgery (MLS) and examine variation by ambulatory status and surgical burden.
Methods: PT dose (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) data were extracted from electronic records of children with CP who received outpatient PT the year after MLS.
Results: Seventeen children, mean 9 years, female (n=10), ambulatory (n=10), and high surgical burden (n=12) were included. In the year after surgery, 345 visits occurred. Intensity across visits was above average. Time was greatest for pre-functional activities, gait, and transitions/transfers. Types most often delivered were neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and education/training. Ambulatory children received significantly more visits, higher intensity, and time in pre-functional activities and gait than non-ambulatory children. No differences in type by ambulatory status and PT dose by surgical burden were found.
Conclusion: PT dose varied the first year after MLS indicating the need for guidelines by ambulatory status.
Video abstract: Supplemental Digital Content available at: http://links.lww.com/PPT/A516.
期刊介绍:
Pediatric Physical Therapy is an indexed international journal, that publishes peer reviewed research related to the practice of physical therapy for children with movement disorders. The editorial board is comprised of an international panel of researchers and clinical scholars that oversees a rigorous peer review process. The journal serves as the official journal for the pediatric physical therapy professional organizations in the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The journal includes articles that support evidenced based practice of physical therapy for children with neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and developmental conditions that lead to disorders of movement, and research reports that contribute to the foundational sciences of pediatric physical therapy, ranging from biomechanics and pediatric exercise science to neurodevelopmental science. To these ends the journal publishes original research articles, systematic reviews directed to specific clinical questions that further the science of physical therapy, clinical guidelines and case reports that describe unusual conditions or cutting edge interventions with sound rationale. The journal adheres to the ethical standards of theInternational Committee of Medical Journal Editors.