Journal article
Outcomes for Students Receiving School-Based Physical Therapy as Measured by the School Function Assessment
Pediatric physical therapy, v 28(4), pp 371-378
01 Dec 2016
PMID: 27661224
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Abstract
Purpose: To describe School Function Assessment (SFA) outcomes after 6 months of school-based physical therapy and the effects of age and gross motor function on outcomes.
Methods: Within 28 states, 109 physical therapists and 296 of their students with disabilities, ages 5 to 12 years, participated. After training, therapists completed 10 SFA scales on students near the beginning and end of the school year.
Results: Criterion scores for many students remained stable (46%-59%) or improved (37%-51%) with the most students improving in Participation and Maintaining/Changing Positions. Students aged 5 to 7 years showed greater change than 8- to 12-year-olds on 5 scales. Students with higher gross motor function (Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I vs IV/V and II/III vs IV/V) showed greater change on 9 scales.
Conclusions: Positive SFA change was recorded in students receiving school-based physical therapy; however, the SFA is less sensitive for older students and those with lower functional movement.
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Details
- Title
- Outcomes for Students Receiving School-Based Physical Therapy as Measured by the School Function Assessment
- Creators
- Susan K. Effgen - University of WashingtonSarah Westcott McCoy - University of WashingtonLisa A. Chiarello - Drexel UniversityLynn M. Jeffries - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterCatherine Starnes - University of KentuckyHeather M. Bush - University of Kentucky
- Publication Details
- Pediatric physical therapy, v 28(4), pp 371-378
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physical Therapy (and Rehabilitation Sciences)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000390363000006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84991056851
- Other Identifier
- 991019169615904721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Pediatrics
- Rehabilitation