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This study examined relationships between activities of daily living (ADL)
motor and process skills, unimanual capacity, bimanual performance, and visual
perception in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD: Participants
were 101 children with unilateral CP (51 males, 50 females; mean age 11y 9mo [SD
2y 5mo; range 8-17y]; Manual Ability Classification System [MACS] level I=24;
level II=76; level III=1).
Measures were (1) Assessment of Motor and Process
Skills (AMPS), (2) Jebsen-Taylor Test of Hand Function (JTTHF), (3) Assisting
Hand Assessment (AHA), and (4) Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, 3rd edition
(TVPS-3). Regression models were constructed with the AMPS motor scale and AMPS
process as the dependent variables. RESULTS: The AHA and JTTHF dominant upper
limb score together explained 57% of the variance in AMPS motor scale scores.
TVPS-3 Visual Sequential Memory, TVPS-3 Visual Closure, and JTTHF dominant upper
limb score together explained 35% of the variance in AMPS process scale scores.
INTERPRETATION: Bimanual performance and unimanual capacity of the dominant upper
limb are significantly associated with ADL motor skills in children with
unilateral CP. Process skills of ADL are related to visual perceptual ability and
dominant upper limb unimanual capacity, which may reflect motor planning required
to perform daily tasks.
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