Although many children with cerebral palsy have problems with their eye movements available data on its intervention is minimal. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the postural movement normalization and eye movement program on the oculomotor ability of children with cerebral palsy. Twenty-four children with cerebral palsy (12 male and 12 female), aged between 10 and 12, were invited to partake in this study. The subjects were randomly allocated to two groups: an experimental group received the postural movement normalization and eye movement program and a control group which received conventional therapy without the eye movement program. Each subject received intervention three times a week for twelve weeks. The final measurement was the ocular motor computerized test before and after treatment sessions through an independent assessor. Differences between the experimental group and control group were determined by assessing changes in oculomotor ability using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The changes of visual fixation (p<.01), saccadic eye movement (p<.01) and pursuit eye movement (p<.01) were significantly higher in the experimental group than in the control group. These results show that the postural movement normalization and eye movement program may be helpful to treat children with cerebral palsy who lose normal physical and eye movement.

목적 : 발달지연 아동들에게 Capute와 Bayley 발달검사를 실시하여 뇌성마비 감별에 이들 지수들의 유용성을 평가하고, 이들 검사 중에 뇌성마비를 가장 잘 감별할 수 있는 발달검사 척도를 찾아 뇌성마비 아동을 조기에 진단하고 재활중재와 개입전략을 세우는데 도움이 되고자 한다. 연구방법 : 2002년 8월부터 2005년 12월까지 천안시 소재 모대학교 재활의학과에 발달지연으로 내원한 아동 중 검사시 연령이 48개월까지의 아동 250명을 대상으로 Capute 발달검사인 언어지수(CLAMS), 인지적응검사(CAT), 혼합발달지수(CAT/CLAMS)와 Bayley 발달검사인 정신발달지수(MDI), 운동발달지수(PDI), 행동평가척도(BRS)를 검사하였고, 정신발달지수와 운동발달지수의 차이(MDI-PDI)를 계산하였다. 결과 : 1. 발달지연아 총 250명중에서 뇌성마비군이 86명(34.4%)으로 감별되었고 전반적 발달지연군은 164명(65.6%)이었다.2. 재태기간이 37주 미만군에서 뇌성마비아가 41.7%로 37주 이상군의 26.8%보다 유의하게 높았다(p<0.05).3. 뇌성마비군과 전반적 발달지연군에서의 Capute 및 Bayley 발달검사의 평균 점수의 차이는 Capute 발달검사인 인지적응검사지수와 혼합발달지수에서는 뇌성마비군에서 유의하게 낮은 점수를 보였으며(각각, p<0.001, p<0.01), Bayley 발달검사 중 운동발달지수와 행동평가척도도 뇌성마비군이 유의하게 낮은 점수였고(각각, p<0.001, p<0.01), 정신발달지수와 운동발달지수의 차이는 뇌성마비군이 유의하게 높은 점수를 나타냈다(p<0.001).4. Capute 발달검사의 각 지수별 뇌성마비 감별기준 점수로 80미만으로 하였을 때 인지적응검사지수, 혼합발달지수에서 뇌성마비군의 비율이 유의하게 높은 분포를 보였다(각각, p<0.001, p<0.01). Bayley 발달검사인 운동발달지수, 행동발달척도, 정신발달지수와 운동발달지수와의 차이의 감별기준 점수를 각각 85미만, 25미만, 13이상으로 하였을 때 뇌성마비군의 비율이 통계학적으로 유의하게 높은 분포를 나타내었다(각각, p<0.001, p<0.05, p<0.001).5. Capute 및 Bayley 발달검사의 각 지수 간에는 모두 유의한 상관관계를 나타내었다(각각, p<0.001).6. 뇌성마비 감별에 영향을 주는 예측 모형을 로지스틱 다중회귀분석 모형으로 분석한 결과 운동발달지수(Odds Ratio; OR=14.559, p<0.001)의 예측력이 가장 높았고, 다음으로 재태기간(OR=3.080, p<0.001), 정신발달지수와 운동발달지수의 차이(OR=2.678, p<0.01) 순으로 분석되었으며 이 모형의 설명력은 25.1%였다. 결론 : 발달지연 아동 중 뇌성마비아를 조기에 감별할 때에 Bayley 발달검사의 운동발달지수가 가장 유용한 것으로 나타났으며, 정신발달지수와 운동발달지수의 차이도 고려하는 것이 뇌성마비아 감별에 도움이 되는 것으로 나타났다.

목적 : 뇌성마비아동에게 촉각 및 전정감각의 감각통합프로그램을 적용한 후 균형 및 시각 주의 집중 행동에 변화를 보이는 가를 알아보고자 하는데 있다. 연구방법 : 단일대상연구인 ABA 반전 설계법이며, 검사 도구는 감각력 검사와 임상관찰을 이용하였다. 본 연구의 실험은 2005년 7월부터 2005년 10월까지 3개월간 총 34회기를 실시하였다. 기초선 I과 기초선 II 단계는 각각 2주간 5회에 걸쳐 실시하였고, 중재프로그램은 8주간 주 3회씩 총 24회기 동안 연구자가 구안한 촉각훈련 프로그램과 전정감각 프로그램을 40분간 실시하였다. 결과 : 뇌성마비아동에게 감각통합프로그램을 실시한 후 손집기 행동, 시선 회피 행동 및 눈 깜박거림 행동이 감소하였다. 특히 눈 깜박거림 행동이 가장 많이 감소를 하였으며 이는 촉각과 전정감각을 중심으로 한 감각통합프로그램이 눈 깜박거림 행동의 감소에 효과가 있는 것으로 추론 되었다. 결론 : 본 연구결과를 통해 촉각과 전정감각을 중심으로 한 감각통합프로그램이 뇌성마비아동의 균형 및 시각 주의 집중 행동의 변화에 긍정적인 효과가 있음이 증명되었다.

목적 : 발의 강직성 저측굴곡으로 인하여 무릎이 과신전된 뇌성마비 아동을 대상으로 발 보조기 착용이 무릎 각도와 독립적인 보행거리에 미치는 영향과 COPM을 이용하여 아동의 보조기 착용 전후의 작업수행의 차이를 알아보았다. 연구방법 : 본 실험은 개별실험연구의 반전연구 ABA' 실험설계를 이용하여 총 18회기를 실시하였다. 기초선 A에서는 발 보조기를 착용하지 않고 무릎각도와 독립적인 보행거리를 측정하였고, 캐나다작업수행측정을 실시하여 보조기 착용 전후의 작업수행의 수행도와 만족도의 변화를 알아보았다. 치료기간인 B에서는 보조기를 아동에게 착용하게 한 후의 무릎각도와 독립적인 보행거리를 측정하였다. 기초선 A'에서는 보조기를 제거한 후의 무릎각도와 독립적인 보행거리 및 작업수행의 수행도와 만족도를 보호자에게 재실시하였다. 무릎각도와 독립적인 보행거리를 평균과 시각적 분석을 이용하였고, 작업수행의 수행도와 만족도는 COPM의 점수 비교를 통하여 알아보았다. 결과 : 아동의 무릎각도는 보조기 착용 전후에 평균 11.63° 감소하였고, 독립적인 보행거리는 평균 6.97m 증가하였다. 아동이 혼자서 화장실 가기, 좋아하는 장난감을 스스로 가지러 가기, 공을 발로 차기 모두 보조기를 착용 하기 전보다 수행도와 만족도가 모두 증가하였다. 결론 : 본 연구 결과를 통하여 뇌성마비 아동의 발의 안정성이 아동의 보행거리뿐만 아니라 작업수행에도 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 앞으로는 더 많은 수의 아동을 대상으로 보행거리와 아동의 작업을 수행하는데 있어서 자신감과 자율성과의 상관관계에 대한 연구도 이루어져야 할 것이다.

The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is an internationally widely used outcome measure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the structural properties of the Korean version of GMFM using the Rasch Model, with regard to scoring within rehabilitation centers in Korea. GMFM data for 206 children with cerebral palsy were collected from 11 outpatient rehabilitation facilities by 29 pediatric therapists. The Winsteps software was used to refine the rating scale. This study suggests that the scoring categories of the Korean version of the GMFM should be collapsed from 0 (subject does not initiate task), 1 (subject initiates task), 2 (subject partially completes task), 3 (subject completes task) to 0 (subject does not initiate task), 1 (subject initiates or partially completes task), 2 (subject completes task) for better accuracy in estimating the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy.

These were two main purposes of this study. The first was to research the relevance between gross motor function measurement (GMFM) and the spatiotemporal parameters of gait in children with cerebral palsy. The second was to research the relevance between gross motor performance measure (GMPM) and the spatiotemporal gait parameters. Twelve children ( years) with cerebral palsy participated in this study. GMFM and GMPM were performed and the spatiotemporal parameters of gait were measured by using WalkWay MG-1000. There were no significant correlations between the GMFM score and the stride length, step length, step width, cadence, and velocity (p>.05). The GMPM score also had no significant correlation with the spatiotemporal gait parameter (p>.05).

본 연구는 발가락 벌림 보조기(toe spreader)가 긴장성 발가락 굽힘 반사(Tonic Toe Flexion Reflex: TTFR)가 있는 양하지 뇌성마비 아동의 보행에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 12명의 TTFR이 있는 양하지 뇌성마비 아동을 대상으로 같은 날에 맨발과 발가락 벌림 보조기를 착용한 상태에서 보행분석을 실시하였다. 시간 거리 보행변수로 활보장(step length), 보장(step length), 보폭(step width)

이 연구의 목적은 뇌성마비 아동에게 앉은 자세에서 현수를 이용하여 체중지지를 해주었을 때 상지기능에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보는 것이다. 연구대상자는 뇌성마비 아동 5명과 뇌종양 아동 1명이었다. 연구대상자에게 harness를 착용하여 부분적 체중지지를 하기 전과 착용한 상태에서 손 뻗기 동작을 3차원 동작분석기를 이용하여 어깨관절과 손뻗기 동작에 걸린 시간을 측정하였고, Box and Block 검사를 실시하여 체중지지 전과 착용 시 상지 기능을

Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of activity of daily liv-ing(ADL) on task-oriented Learning program in adult with cerebral palsy.Method : The subjects were forty members who were treated at dept. occupational therapy the H Rehabilitation Center in kwang ju from January 2003 to July 2003. The ADL were meas-ured with Functional Independence Measure(FIM) and collected data were statistically analysed by SPSS PC for Wilcoxon signed rank test using NPARIWAY.Results : 1. A age distribution of the subject was from 20 to 36, and the average age was 25.6. The number of the twenties are the most number of the subjects by 28 persons(70%). The men were 19 persons(47.5%) and the women were 21 persons(52.5%). The clinical types of adult with cerebral palsy were dyskinesia 4 persons(10%), spastic quadriplegia 10 persons(25%), spas-tic hemiplegia 12 persons(30%), spastic diplegia 14 persons(35.5%). In the dominated hand, the right’s was 27 persons(67.5%), and the left’s was 13 persons(32.5%) and the number of person with language disability was 26 persons(65%), without language disability was 14 persons (35.5%). The duration of medical treatment was 61 days at the shortest, 123 days at the lon-gest, and the average duration was 82 days. 2. The variation to the performance of daily life after pre-treatment and post-treatment through the general characteristics of the adult with cerebral palsy was significantly (p<.01) in-creased independent of age, gender, clinical types except dyskinesia, dominated hand, speech dis-ability and treatment duration of less than 2∼3month.3. The variation of the pre-treatment and the post-treatment in the detail item to the per-formance of daily life of the adult with cerebral palsy through task-oriented Learning program was significantly(p<.01) increased at the self-care, sphincter control, locomotion, mobility, com-munication and social cognition.Conclusion : Cerebral palsy cause disability on daily life with decrease of motor performance ability by adding marked growth of the adolescence, disease, treatment interruption, trauma etc, to past poor motor control function, impaired balance reaction, muscle spasticity etc. But if proper task-oriented Learning program has been performing to patients continuously, General ADL performance ability will be increasing in young adult with cerebral palsy patients.

Objective : The purpose of this study was to compare the sensory-based behaviors of young children with and without cerebral palsy as reported by their parents on the Short Sensory Profile.Method : Short Sensory Profile questionnaire was completed by parents of 59 children with cerebral palsy 1 through 9 years of age and parents of 129 children without cerebral palsy 1 through 6 years of age.Results : The performance of children with cerebral palsy was significantly different form that of children without cerebral palsy on 4 of 7 factors. Factors were difference found included Movement Sensitivity, Auditory Filtering, Low Energy/Weak, Visual/Auditory Sensitivity. Conclusion : Finding from the study suggest that young children with cerebral palsy have probable deficit in a variety of sensory processing abilities as measured by the Short Sensory Profile. The Short Sensory Profile can provide information about the sensory processing skills of children with cerebral palsy to assist occupational therapist in assessing and planning inter-vention for these children.

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting on the home treatment stress in the CP (cerebral palsy) children's mothers. Direct interviews were conducted from March 17 with April 4, 2003 with 97 mothers of CP children. The average level of stress from home treatment felt by mothers with CP children was . Stress-levels were especially high in mothers who were not satisfied with the treatment outcome (p<.05) and whose acceptance of disability was low (p<.01). Stress felt by mothers was low when their health status was high (p<.05). A physical burden was shown to have a significant correlation with the stress of the mothers during the home treatment (p<.01). Mothers with a child of Level 2 disability had lower levels of stress than those with a child of Level 4 or 5 disability (p<.01). The level of stress was higher in mothers who lagged in acquiring technical sufficiency (p<.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that one factor affecting the stress felt by mothers with CP children was the degree of acceptance of the disability (p<.01). Programs that can reduce the stress levels of mothers with CP children through home treatment and secure social systems such as professional help and economic compensation, need to be developed. Active policies should be established and executed for these mothers since stress felt by mothers significantly affects the consistency and effectiveness of treatment provided at home.

Objective: This study was performed to measure the level of stress of cerebral palsy workers, and to investigate the relationship between the stress dimensions and stress inducing factors of cerebral palsy workers in Korean manufacturing industry. Method: The sample used in this study consists of 66 employees with cerebral palsy wokers. They are employees of the protective employment companies located in Seoul, Inchon, and Gyung-gi province. The Psycho-Social Well-being Index (PWI), which was designed through modification of Goldberg’s 60-items of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), was used to measure the stress level. The following variables, independent and moderate variables, are designed for the same purpose. The independent variables are general and disability characteristics, workplace-related characteristics of the respondents. The moderate variables include social support, type A behavior pattern, self-esteem and coping strategy. The collected data were analyzed using SAS version 6.12 program. Results: The results of this study were summarized as follows; 1.　For the moderate variables, the low self esteem, and A type behavior were more significant to measure the stress level. 2.　The multiple regression analysis showed that the significant variables on the level of stress of cerebral palsy workers were low self-esteem and A type behavior pattern. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that appropriate health promotion programs, should be established and provided for reducing the stress of cerebral palsy workers in manufacturing industry.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure the level of stress of cerebral palsy wokers, and to investigate the relationship between the stress and stress inducing factors of cerebral palsy wokers in Korean manufacturing industry. Method: The sample used in this study consists of 66 employees with cerebral palsy. They are employees of the protective employment companies located in Seoul, Inchon and Gyung-gi province. The psycho-social well-being index (PWI), which was designed through modification of Goldberg’s 60-items of General health Questionaire (GHS), was used to measure the stress level. The independent variables are general and disability characteristics, workplace-related characteristics. The collected data were analyzed using SAS version 6.12 program. Results: The results of this study were summarized as follows : The average score for the level of stress response was 55.19 (±19.17). The high risk group was 32% of the woker with cerebral palsy, the latent stress group was 62%, and healthy group was 6%. The overall stress level was very high. The level of stress was significantly higher in respondents who has poor self-perceived health status, who can not satisfied with their job and workplace. Conclusions: In conclusion, the result of this study suggest that appropriate prevocational programs, should be estabilish and provided for reducing the stress of cerebral palsy wokers.

Objective: To learn correlation and linear relation between Perceptual Quotient (PQ) and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) by evaluating visual perception and IQ of the children with cerebral palsy and normal children, to compare the difference of the subject groups, and to use it as the preliminary study on the correlation between the visual perception and the IQ. Method: The assessment for the visual perception has been performed by Motor Free Visual Perception Test-revised (MVPT-R) twice and for the IQ by Leiter International Performance Scale (LIPS). Subjects have been 11 children with the cerebral palsy and 9 normal children, at the age of between 5 and 11. Results: Regarding the scores of the MVPT-R and the IQ of LIPS, the normal children’s scores have been higher than the one with the cerebral palsy, with meaningful statistics. There has been very high correlation between mental age and perceptual age, the IQ and the PQ, and the IQ has increased as the PQ has increased. When it comes to linear regression, the cerebral palsy has fit 65.9% while the other with the normal children has fit just 34.2%. Conclusions: There is a possibility of predicting the PQ and the IQ owing to the high correlation and the linear relation showed between the PQ and the IQ. There is a need for the activated study on the linear relation collecting the data about enough subjects through further research.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of functional strengthening exercise on static and dynamic standing balance in a child with cerebral palsy. The subject was a 7 year old boy with diplegia whose Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) score was 80% along with G1 of the lower extremities in Modified Ashworth Scale. The subject was ambulatory with some degree of limitation and demonstrated muscle weakness and strength asymmetry in the lower extremities. A changing criterion design for a single-subject research was used for this study. The functional strengthening exercise consisted of lower extremity ergometer exercise and knee exercise with grading movement in standing position, each for 20 minutes, which lasted 18 sessions for 6 weeks. A knee extensor strength test on both extremities and standing balance test were conducted after each functional strengthening exercise. Two types of standing balance were tested: one leg stance test and functional reach test. One leg stance test was to evaluate static standing balance, and functional reach test was to evaluate dynamic standing balance. The results showed that the functional strengthening exercise had some positive effects on improvement of both static and dynamic standing balance, and there was a positive correlation between the knee strength and standing balance.

This paper presents the relevance between GMFM and the spatiotemporal parameters of gait in children with cerebral palsy. Twenty-one children ( months) with cerebral palsy participated in this study. GMFM was performed and spatiotemporal parameters of gait were measured by foot print gait analysis. A correlation analysis was used to investigate the correlation between GMFM scores and spatiotemporal parameters of gait. A linear regression analysis was employed to find how much each gait spatiotemporal parameters could be predicted from GMFM scores. The total GMFM scores was significantly correlated with walking speed, cadence, and stride length. Dimensions D (standing) and E (walking, running, and jumping) were more significantly correlated with gait spatiotemporal parameters than dimensions A (lying and rolling), B (sitting), and C (crawling and kneeling). The GMFM scores were useful for predicting spatiotemporal parameters. However, it is difficult to predict the status of gait development using GMFM scores because GMFM scores and gait spatiotemporal parameters are only measured as quantities not qualities. In the field, it is easily found that many children with cerebral palsy are unable to walk in any way. Consequently, gait analysis cannot be performed in many cases. Therefore, it is more reasonable to investigate the influence of GMFM on spatiotemporal parameters, rather than vice versa.

본 연구는 강직성 편측 뇌성마비 환자의 보행 기시(gait initiation)의 특성을 파악하고, 동적 단하지 보조기(dynamic ankle foot orthosis : DAFO)가 이런 환자들의 보행 기시에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 연구대상자는 19세 선천성 강직성 우측 뇌성마비를 가진 여자 대학생이었다. 연구대상자는 4개의 다른 보행 기시 조건에서 각 조건당 7회의 보행 기시를 하였는데, 각각의 보행 기시 조건은: 1) 보조기

The purpose of this study were to evaluate the effect of program in visual perception on eye-hand coordination in a child with cerebral palsy. The results were as follows. 1)　Eye-hand coordination were increased significantly compared to doing without pretreatment with the program in visual perception with time-dependent fashion with a cerebral palsy child 2)　A most increased part of eye-hand coordination activities was a large heavy objects and a least increased part of those was a writing. From the above results, it is suggested that program in visual perception is a most useful therapy for a child with cerebral palsy having incomplete eye-hand coordination activity functionally.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between components of population, maternal health, need for health care, maternal lifestyle and environment from a conceptual model for cerebral palsy, and the occurrence of cerebral palsy with spastic quadriplegic. This study was a case-control design. The subjects consisted of 53 children with quadriplegic cerebral palsy as a case who were receiving treatment after a diagnosis for cerebral palsy at 3 university hospitals and 3 rehabilitation facilities, and 186 children as a control who were visiting well baby clinics and pediatric departments after screening at the same hospitals in Seoul. The data were collected by a structured questionnaire survey from October, 1998 to February, 1999. The odds ratios of risk factor was produced by χ2 and simple logistic analysiss. The unconditional logistic analysis was done by modeling the data, after adjusting for gestational age. Statistically associated with an increase the risks for spastic quadriplegia were asphyxia(OR=221.89, 95% CI 15.8-999.0) and maternal history of admission during the pregnancy (OR=10.55, 95% CI 2.2-50.4). The result suggested that the improvement of obstetric and neonatal care is necessary to prevent cerebral palsy with spastic quadriplegia.

The purpose of this study was to find a more effective balance training method. The subjects of this study were 14 children with cerebral palsy (7 males, 7 females) being treated at Seran Pediatric Developmental Research Center in Taegu. Two groups of children with cerebral palsy (everyday trained group, every-other-day trained group) were evaluated with visual & auditory feedback. Evaluation and training device was Balance Performance Monitor (BPM) Dataprint Software Version 5.3. There was statistically significant difference of the balance score between the pre-and the post-training in both group (p<.05), but there was no difference of the balance score between two groups (p<.05). In conclusion, it is likely that the visual and auditory feedback in children with cerebral palsy was effective in improving standing balance, but there was no difference between everyday trained group and every-other-day trained group.