PURPOSE To explore the experiences of children with cerebral palsy (CP) regarding participation in physical activities, and to describe facilitators and barriers. METHODS Sixteen children with CP 8-11 years old who varied in gross motor, cognitive and communicative function participated in either an individual interview or a focus group. RESULTS Two categories and 10 sub-categories emerged ...

this study aimed at examining the effect of local games on motor development and aggressive behavior in preschool children. in a semi-experimental study, 40 children (6 years old) were selected randomly from preschools in ahwaz city. pretest was conducted using ulrich gross motor skills test and aggression scale. based on their pretest scores, subjects were divided into two equal groups: local ...

Pretend play is a quintessential activity of early childhood, and adults supply children with many toys to encourage it. Do young children actually prefer to pretend, or do they do it because they are unable to engage in some activities for real? Here we examined, for nine different activities, American middle-class preschoolers' preferences for pretend and real activities. The 100 children we ...

In Croatia, primary health care for pre-school children is organized by pediatricians (PPs) for children in urban and family doctors (FDs) for children in remote areas. This study was undertaken with the aim to determine the trends in preventive activities (general, targeting, and control check-ups and total visits) in both services (FDs, PPs), between 1995 and 2012. The main adapt source was t...

background one of the most pressing threats for children’s health status is overweight and obesity. previous literature indicates that increasing relative body mass index (rbmi) is accompanied by physical inactivity. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of daily physical activity and obesity among students grade 5th and 6th. patients and methods this was a cross-sect...

OBJECTIVE The aim is to describe how children and youths perform leisure activities, 1 year after a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). METHODS Basis is to compile previously collected material; patients were extracted from a prospective randomized controlled trial of MTBI. A retrospective analysis was conducted among 73 children and youths between 16 and 18 years of age. The entire group adm...

This brief paper describes the background to the literacy activities designed in our project and then considers its fit with the National Curriculum. The main assumption behind the idea of setting up the family-school partnership is that hearing and deaf children must reach similar aims in literacy; so it is possible to start the children‟s learning in the classroom with the same activities. Ho...

Twenty five blood samples from 6-month to 5-year old children with visceral leishmaniasis were analysed for various enzymes. Aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LD) and its various isoenzymes were estimated in the serum, while glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) was measured in red blood cells. For comparison, blood samples from healthy chi...

PURPOSE The primary aim was to determine the energy expenditure (EE: kcal.kg(-1).h(-1)) in terms of caloric cost and metabolic equivalents of activities commonly performed by children and adolescents. Secondary aims were to determine at what age and pubertal developmental stage values approach those of adults. METHODS In this descriptive study, 295 volunteer youth 8-18 yr of age completed 18 ...