Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants
Characteristics | Participants n = 96 |
|---|---|
Mean age (SD) | 9.3 (3.4) |
Male (%) | 54 (56.3) |
Ethnicity (%) | |
- Caucasian | 68 (70.9) |
- African-Brazilian | 28 (29.1) |
Classification of CP (%) | |
- spastic | 81 (84.4) |
. quadriplegia | 22 (22.9) |
. diplegia | 35 (36.5) |
. hemiplegia | 24 (25.0) |
- extrapyramidal | 11 (11.5) |
- ataxic | 4 (4.1) |
GMFCS | |
- level 1 | 39 (37,5) |
- level 2 | 3 (3.1) |
- level 3 | 20 (20.8) |
- level 4 | 6 (6,25) |
- level 5 | 28 (29.2) |
GMFM – mean (SD) | 56 (35.1) |
Epilepsy (%) | 44 (45.8) |
Education (%) | |
- not receiving education | 21 (21.9) |
- receiving special education | 29 (30.2) |
- receiving regular education | 46 (47.9) |