Motor imagery profiles of the children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy according to gender and affected side

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Demet Gozacan Karabulut
Eylem Tutun Yumin

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of the present study is to examine the motor imagery profiles of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.


Materials and Methods: 52 Hemiplegic (29 males, 23 females) individuals with 11.35 ± 3.48 years of mean age were included in the research. Participants’ implicit motor imagery abilities were analyzed with the laterality task. In addition, weekday and weekend screen times were questioned.


Results: No statistically significant difference was determined in motor imagery abilities in terms of gender and affected extremity (p>0.05). Additionally, a significant correlation was found between screen time and Laterality task affected side accuracy and Laterality task not affected side accuracy percentages in both females and males (p<0.05). A significant correlation was found between age and motor imagery skills of males and left hemiplegic individuals.


Conclusion: Excessive screen times negatively affect motor imagery abilities in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. It was observed that motor imagery skills were associated with age, but not with gender and affected sides.

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Gozacan Karabulut, D., & Tutun Yumin, E. (2022). Motor imagery profiles of the children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy according to gender and affected side. Annals of Medical Research, 29(12), 1418–1424. Retrieved from http://annalsmedres.org/index.php/aomr/article/view/4322
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