BACKGROUND Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in children but its impact on quality of life is not well understood. This study examined participation in everyday activities among children without CP and children with mild, moderate and severe impairment due to CP. We then examined ten domains of quality of life in children with CP and investigated whether partic...

BACKGROUND Children and youth gain multiple health benefits from regular participation in physical activity (PA). However, in Thailand there is limited national data on children and youth's PA behaviors and recent reports suggest that Thai children and youth have low levels of PA. Furthermore, there is almost no data on the factors associated with inactivity to support the development of a Thai...

Objective: To examine cholinesterase activities in children from three towns in Yucatan, Mexico and their relationship with anthropometry. Methods: Plasma and erythrocyte cholinesterase activities were measured in 104 children from Ticul, Merida and Progreso. Differences between gender, sampling sites and body mass index (BMI) group were evaluated. Weight, height, BMI, hip and waist circumferen...

Motor coordination has a crucial role in various physical activities and sports, highlighting its significance overall movement proficiency performance. This study aimed to compare motor children engaged multisport versus swimming activities. The participants of this included 180 boys girls (girls = 87) aged 8.25 years ± 0.89. A total three groups were included: group 1 consisted inactive child...

abstract background: a wealth of study shows that increasing rbmi accompanies with physical inactivity, consequently. the aims of this study were determining the distribution of daily physical activity amount by gender in obese and overweight students methods: this is a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out to determine the distribution of daily physical activity level by genders and re...

Summer camps provide opportunities for children to experience play, pleasurable activities, and social interaction with other children of similar ages and interests and are an integral part of the modern-day American cultural landscape. The authors discuss the emergence of summer camps for children with special needs, the types of play activities in such camps, and how therapeutic and learning ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the profile of injuries sustained by children in school accidents and suggest preventive measures. DESIGN A five month prospective study of children attending an urban accident and emergency (A&E) department. SUBJECTS 500 children who sustained injuries in school due to a variety of activities. RESULTS 10 and 12 year old pupils suffered most injuries in school ground...

A cross sectional study of prevalence of left, right and mixed handedness was made on 512 Malawian school children (240 boys and 272 girls) aged 6-17 years. Handedness was assessed using questionnaire incorporating questions on hand preferred for eight unimanual activities. Interviews with guardians, pupils and teachers were conducted to assess the pressure experienced by children to use right ...