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Objective: Determine the effects of Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive
Therapy (HABIT) in children presenting with spastic type of Cerebral Palsy.
Methods: A Quasi-experimental study was conducted in Children
Hospital and Compass. A sample of 30 children with cerebral palsy aged
between 6 to 12 years was studied and assessment was made before
and after the implementation of treatment through ABILHAND kids
Questionnaire. The duration of this study was 6 months from December
2014 to May 2015. The recruiting strategy used was convenience
sampling. Intervention was given for a period of 90 hours for 9 weeks.
Qualitative variables were expressed as proportions (percentages).
Before and after comparisons were made using non-parametric
Wilcoxon signed rank test since the data was obtained as scores. A pvalue less than 0.05 were taken as significant.
Results: Bimanual Therapy had significant effect on manual abilities of a
child presenting with spastic type of cerebral palsy. The P value was
calculated as 0.000.
Conclusion: HABIT appears to be effective in improving the manual
ability of spastic cerebral palsy children.
Iqra Khan , Samreen Sadiq . (2016) Effectof Hand-Arm Bimanual Intensive Therapy in Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Pakistan Pediatric Journal, Volume 40, Issue 4.
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