Noura Abou El Fotouh Abed El Fatah

Department of Physical Therapy for Pediatrics, Central Sherbin Hospital, Daqahlia, Egypt

Publications

• Research Article   
  Impact of Socioeconomic Status on the Outcome of Physical Therapy in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
  Author(s): Zeinab Ahmed Hussein*, Noura Abou El Fotouh Abed El Fatah, Marwa Mahmoud Mahfouz Mahmoud, Doaa Tammam Atia and Doaa Tammam Atia
  
  Background: The development of motor functions in children with cerebral palsy is the outcome of several interacting and relating factors, including types of interventions (medical, physical, or surgical), child characteristics, and socializing agents. Aim of the study: To evaluate the effect of childhood socioeconomic status on the development of gross motor function after physical therapy intervention in children with spastic cerebral palsy Methods: A cross-sectional study on eighty children (44 boys, 36 girls) with spastic cerebral palsy aged 3.11 ± 0.88 years old. The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Socio Economic Scale (SES) were used to evaluate the severity of cerebral palsy and selected children's socioeconomic status, respectively. The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88.. Read More»
  

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