RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Single-centre parental survey of paediatric rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy
JF BMJ Paediatrics Open
JO BMJ Paediatrics Open
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000994
DO 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000994
VO 5
IS 1
A1 Rachel Bican
A1 Rachel Ferrante
A1 Sarah Hendershot
A1 Jill C Heathcock
YR 2021
UL http://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000994.abstract
AB Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood motor disability. The dose of usual care for rehabilitation therapies is unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe current dosage of rehabilitation services for children with CP recruited from a paediatric hospital system in the USA. 96 children with CP were included in this cross-sectional survey. Parents reported frequency, intensity, time and type of therapy services. Weekly frequency was the most common. Children with CP received 0.9–1.2 hours/month of each discipline in the educational setting and 1.5–2.0 hours/month in the clinical setting, lower than the recommendations for improvements in motor skills.