Relation between trunk control and balance of children with cerebral palsy attended at Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed

Abstract

Purpose: To find out the relation between trunk control and balance of cerebral palsy children attended at Centre for the Rehabilitation. Objectives: To explore sociodemographic (age, gender, types of Cerebral Palsy, GMFCS level) information of the participants, to find out relation between trunk control and balance of cerebral palsy children, to see the association between age and GMFCS of the participants, to see the association between gender and GMFCS, to see the association between gender and types of cerebral palsy. Methods: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 55 samples were selected. The study was conducted in pediatric unit of Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP). Data was collected by using a self-developed questionnaire. Descriptive statistic was used for data analysis which focused through table, pie chart and bar chart. Results: Among 55 participants, 92.7% (n=51) were Spastic type of Cerebral Palsy, 1.8% (n=01) were Quadriplegia, 1.8% (n=01) were Diplegia, 3.6% (n=02) were Hemiplegia, 87% (n=48) were between 1-5 years age range, 12.7% (n=07) were 6-10 years range, 0% (n=0) were 11-14 years range. The mean age is 1.13. The standard deviation is 0.336. 30.9% (n=17) were GMFCS type-I, 34.5% (n=19) were GMFCS type-II, 34.5% (n=19) were GMFCS type-III. 1.8% (n=1) came from Ashulia, 1.8% (n=1) came from Bagherhat, 3.6% (n=2) came from Barishal, 1.8% (n=1) came from Bogura, 3.6% (n=2) came from Comilla, 3.6% (n=2) came from Dhaka, 1.8% (n=1) came from Gaibandha, 14.5% (n=8) came from Gazipur, 1.8% (n=1) came from Gopalganj, 1.8% (n=1) came from Hemayetpur, 3.6% (n=2) came from Jamalpur, 5.5% (n=3) came from Khulna, 1.8% (n=1) came from Kustia, 5.5% (n=3) came from Manikganj etc. Among 55 participants, there is strong correlation between TCMS and PBS. For TCMS, Spearman's rho (r) of PBS is .754. For PBS, Spearman's rho of TCMS is .754 and for both significance value is 0.004. We know correlation is significant at the 0.01 level, when r>0.7, it proves that correlation is strong. So, there is strong association between TCMS and PBS. For this, we can say there is strong relation between trunk control and balance. Key words: Relation, Trunk control, Balance, Cerebral Palsy. Word count: 11210