COMPARISON OF FUNCTIONAL WALKING, BALANCE, AND FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDREN WITH DIPLEGIC AND HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3, 314 - 325, 20.12.2024

Kamal Alaayedi , Anıl Özdoğru

https://doi.org/10.70813/ssd.1407579

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Purpose: Cerebral palsy results in brain damage to specific regions responsible for regulating muscle tone, gross and fine motor skills, balance control, and posture. This condition directly impacts patients' ability to walk, maintain balance, and perform everyday tasks effectively. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the functional walking ability, balance, and functional independence of children with hemiplegic and diplegic cerebral palsy.
Methods: A study employing a quasi-experimental design was done in three hospitals in Wasit province, Iraq, with a sample of 60 children diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The demographic information of 30 patients diagnosed with diplegia and 30 patients diagnosed with hemiplegia, aged between 0 and 18 years, and classed as GMFCS level I-III, was documented. The patients underwent assessment using the Gillette Functional Gait Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ), the Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS), and the Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).
Results: The statistical analysis revealed a significant difference between the groups in FAQ and PBS (p<0.05), however, no significant difference was observed in WeeFIM (p>0.05). In this study, there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) observed in the self-care and social cognition subgroups of WeeFIM between the groups. However, no statistically significant difference (p > 0.05) was found in the other subgroups.
Conclusion: Children with hemiplegia exhibit significantly better walking, balance, and lower extremity function compared to children with diplegia. However, they have worse upper extremity performance.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Cerebral palsy, Balance, Functional gait, Functional independence.

DİPLEJİK VE HEMİPLEGİK SEREBRAL PALSİ OLAN ÇOCUKLARDA FONKSİYONEL YÜRÜME, DENGE VE FONKSİYONEL BAĞIMSIZLIĞIN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

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Amaç: Serebral palsi, beynin kas tonusunu, kaba ve ince motor yeteneklerini, denge kontrolünü ve duruşunu kontrol eden bölümlerinde beyin hasarına neden olarak hastaların yürüme yeteneklerini, dengesini ve fonksiyonel aktivitelerdeki başarısını etkiler. Bu çalışma hemiplejili ve diplejili serebral palsili çocuklarda fonksiyonel yürüme, denge ve fonksiyonel bağımsızlığı karşılaştırmayı amaçladı.
Yöntem: Irak'ın Wasit eyaletindeki üç hastanede serebral palsili 60 çocuğu içeren yarı deneysel bir tasarım çalışması yapıldı. GMFCS düzey I-III olarak sınıflandırılan, 0-18 yaş arası 30 diplejili ve 30 hemiplejili hastanın demografik bilgileri kaydedildi. Hastalar Gillette Fonksiyonel Yürüyüş Değerlendirme Anketi (FYDA), Pediatrik Denge Ölçeği (PDÖ) ve Çocuklar için Bağımsızlık Ölçütü (WeeFIM) ile değerlendirildi.
Sonuçlar: İstatistiksel analiz, WeeFIM'de anlamlı bir fark olmamasına rağmen (p>0.05), FYDA ve PDÖ'de gruplar arasında anlamlı bir fark gösterdi (p<0.05). WeeFIM'in öz bakım ve sosyal biliş alt grupları, sonuçlarımızda gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılık gösterirken (p<0.05), diğer alt gruplar istatistiksel olarak farklı değildi (p > 0.05).
Tartışma: Hemipleji çocuklar, dipleji çocuklara göre yürüme, denge ve alt ekstremite fonksiyonlarında önemli ölçüde daha iyi ancak üst ekstremite fonksiyonlarında daha kötüdür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Serebral palsi, Denge, Fonksiyonel yürüyüş, Fonksiyonel bağımsızlık.

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