Feasibility and effectiveness of home-based therapy programmes for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of home-based occupational therapy and physiotherapy programmes in children with cerebral palsy (CP), focusing on the upper extremity and reporting on child-related and/or parent-related outcomes.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Electronic searches were performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OTseeker and PEDro, and in ICTRP and CENTRAL trial registers, from inception to 6 June 2019.

Eligible criteria

The review included all types of original studies concerning feasibility or effectiveness of home-based therapy in children aged <18 years with any type of CP. No language, publication status or publication date restrictions were applied.

Data extraction and synthesis

Study and interventio

SUBMITTER: Beckers LWME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature