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Review of research on therapeutic interventions for children with cerebral palsy
Author(s) -
Hur J. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00441.x
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , medicine , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , physical therapy , therapeutic effect , research design , pediatrics , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , psychiatry , social science , sociology
A computerised search (Med‐line) was conducted in March 1994. This review deals with the outcome of therapeutic intervention research with cerebral palsied children, published in English since 1966. A total of 37 studies were considered as therapeutic intervention. Seven studies were classified as equivalent group comparison; two were regarded as quasi/non‐randomised group comparison; four studies were one group before and after treatment comparison research; six studies were descriptive; nine studies used single‐case approach alone or combined with group analysis; six studies were categorised as case‐study and three studies were regarded as survey in nature. A critical review of the studies revealed that the majority were based on a small number of subjects, and on short‐term periods in poorly controlled intervention, often without follow‐up. In addition, some studies used inappropriate experimental designs and analysis. A number of studies reported positive outcome of the therapeutic intervention but without experimental control or statistical analysis.