Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaRELATIONSHIPS AMONG MOTOR FUNCTION, MANUAL ABILITY AND COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION IN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION USERS
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship among gross motor function, manual ability, communicative function and the use of augmentative and alternative communication in children andyoung people with cerebral palsy. The participants were nine children and young people with ce...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués Inglés |
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UNESP
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/sobama/article/view/7346 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/69333 |
| Sumario: | The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship among gross motor function, manual ability, communicative function and the use of augmentative and alternative communication in children andyoung people with cerebral palsy. The participants were nine children and young people with cerebral palsy aged 8 to 14 years and two speech therapists. Four instruments were used for data collection: 1) Gross Motor Function Measure Classification System (GMFCS), 2) Manual Ability Classification System (MACS), 3) Communication Functioning Classification System (CFCS), and 4) Questionnaire about the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Qualitative and quantitative analyzes of the data and Spearman’s correlation analysis were conducted. The study allowed the characterization of an AAC group of users and the identification of the relationships among the augmentative and alternative resources use with the motor classification, manual ability and communicative function. |
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