Open AccessBody build of children and youth with cerebral palsy
Author(s) -
Ewa Barbara Łuczak,
Irmina Mięsowicz,
A. Szczygiel
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
anthropological review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2083-4594
pISSN - 1898-6773
DOI - 10.18778/1898-6773.61.06
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , anthropometry , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , developmental psychology , physical therapy
The material consists of the results of anthropometric measurements of 16 somatic traits of 155 children and youth (83 boys and 72 girls) at the age of 7-18 years. The analysis of 2-score values showed that the low body height, narrow hips, laterally flattened chest and low body mass, in spite of slight differences make boys and girls with cerebral palsy more similar to one another with respect to body proportions than to their healthy peers.