Early access to physiotherapy for infants with cerebral palsy: A retrospective chart review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate whether children with cerebral palsy (CP) had equal access to timely physiotherapy. Additionally, to learn more about clinical characteristics of infants with CP, we explored differences in neonatal clinical history and CP profile between children referred by a neonatologist or enrolled in neonatal follow-up and those referred by other healthcare professionals as well as those referred before and after 5 months corrected age.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective chart review study including children born in Uppsala County, Sweden, from 2010 to 2016, who had received a CP diagnosis by July 2019. Entries by doctors and physiotherapists working at Uppsala University Children's Hospital were reviewed.

Results

Thirty-eight children were

SUBMITTER: Hekne L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8232431 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature