TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical Therapy Dose After Orthopedic Multilevel Surgery Varies by Ambulatory Status in Children With Cerebral Palsy
T2 - A Pilot Study
AU - Greve, Kelly
AU - Bailes, Amy F.
AU - Zhang, Nanhua
AU - Long, Jason
AU - Aronow, Bruce
AU - Mitelpunkt, Alexis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2025 Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - PURPOSE: To characterize physical therapy (PT) dose for children with cerebral palsy (CP) after multi-level surgery (MLS) and examine variation by ambulatory status and surgical burden. METHODS: PT dose (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) data were extracted from electronic records of children with CP who received outpatient PT the year after MLS. RESULTS: Seventeen children, mean 9 years, female (n=10), ambulatory (n=10), and high surgical burden (n=12) were included. In the year after surgery, 345 visits occurred. Intensity across visits was above average. Time was greatest for pre-functional activities, gait, and transitions/transfers. Types most often delivered were neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and education/training. Ambulatory children received significantly more visits, higher intensity, and time in pre-functional activities and gait than non-ambulatory children. No differences in type by ambulatory status and PT dose by surgical burden were found. CONCLUSION: PT dose varied the first year after MLS indicating the need for guidelines by ambulatory status. VIDEO ABSTRACT: Supplemental Digital Content available at: http://links.lww.com/PPT/A516.
AB - PURPOSE: To characterize physical therapy (PT) dose for children with cerebral palsy (CP) after multi-level surgery (MLS) and examine variation by ambulatory status and surgical burden. METHODS: PT dose (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) data were extracted from electronic records of children with CP who received outpatient PT the year after MLS. RESULTS: Seventeen children, mean 9 years, female (n=10), ambulatory (n=10), and high surgical burden (n=12) were included. In the year after surgery, 345 visits occurred. Intensity across visits was above average. Time was greatest for pre-functional activities, gait, and transitions/transfers. Types most often delivered were neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and education/training. Ambulatory children received significantly more visits, higher intensity, and time in pre-functional activities and gait than non-ambulatory children. No differences in type by ambulatory status and PT dose by surgical burden were found. CONCLUSION: PT dose varied the first year after MLS indicating the need for guidelines by ambulatory status. VIDEO ABSTRACT: Supplemental Digital Content available at: http://links.lww.com/PPT/A516.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85207365607
U2 - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001153
DO - 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001153
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C2 - 39392372
AN - SCOPUS:85207365607
SN - 0898-5669
VL - 37
SP - 37
EP - 44
JO - Pediatric Physical Therapy
JF - Pediatric Physical Therapy
IS - 1
ER -