Journal article
Geographical patterns in the recreation and leisure participation of children and youth with cerebral palsy: A CAPE international collaborative network study
G King, C Imms, R Palisano, A Majnemer, L Chiarello, M Orlin, M Law, L Avery
Developmental Neurorehabilitation | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC | Published : 2013
Abstract
Purpose: To examine geographical variation in the leisure participation of children/youth with cerebral palsy (CP), using Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE) data from Australia, Canada (Ontario and Quebec) and the US. Method: Data from 1076 children/youth ages 6-20 years with CP were included. Analyses examined CAPE diversity scores in activity types as a function of region, age group and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) group, controlling for family income, education and child gender. Results: There were only two substantial geographical differences: children/youth from the US took part in the fewest active physical activities; those from Ontario t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge funding and support for the separate studies contributing data to this project: La Trobe University, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the National Health & Medical Research Council & Cerebral Palsy Foundation, Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register (VCPR; Imms, principal investigator); the National Institutes of Health (Law and King, co-principal investigators); Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Reseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-readaptation (REPAR) (Majnemer, principal investigator); Shriners Hospitals for Children (Palisano, principal investigator).