Relationship between locomotion and communication incapacities and scholarship in patients with cerebral palsy

• Autores: Rodriguez Ramirez, María, Najarro-De La Cruz, Tany, Fajardo-Campos, Pedro
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/5144
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RMH/article/view/5144
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Parálisis cerebral; evaluación de la discapacidad; escolaridad; locomoción; comunicación.; Cerebral palsy; disability evaluation; educational status; locomotion; communication

Objective: to evaluate the relationship between severity of locomotion and communication incapacities and scholarship in patients with brain palsy. Methods: cross-sectional study carried out in 316 patients from 3-12 years of age with cerebral palsy attended from July 2016 and June 2017 at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Dra. Adriana Rebaza Flores" AMISTAD PERU-JAPÓN, Lima-Peru. Results: mean age was 6 years (range 3-12); 57% were males. Spastic cerebral palsy was found in 69.7% followed by dyskinetic cerebral palsy in 20%; 69.6% were in the school and more than 50% of them had severe locomotion and communications incapacities. An inverse relationship was found between severity of locomotion and communications incapacities and scholarship. Conclusions: Children with cerebral palsy who have locomotion and communications incapacities tended to have less school attendance.