TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effects of early physical therapy on motor
development in children with Down syndrome
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to compare the motor development of children with Down syndrome (DS) who
received physical therapy (PT) and did not receive PT, and to show the effect of PT programs started before the age of one
on movement development.
METHODS: The study included aged between 6 and 42 months, 58 children with DS. Children with DS were divided into
two groups as receiving PT and non-receiving PT. Children with DS who received PT were further divided into two groups
according to the age of starting PT as before and after 1 year of age. Gross motor and fine motor development of the cases
were evaluated with Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development III.
RESULTS: Gross motor scaled scores (GM-SS: 3.88±3.46–1.67±1.23), fine motor scaled scores (FM-SS: 4.29±3.24–1.79±0.93),
and composite scores (64.4±19.5–50.38±5.38) of PT group were statistically higher than the non-PT group (p<0.05). In addition, GM-SS (5.22±4.23–2.38±1.20), FM-SS; (5.61±3.85–2.81±1.37), and composite scores (72.33±23.85–55.56±5.7) of
the cases who started PT before the age of one were statistically higher than those who started after the age of one (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION: Our results revealed that PT especially when started early childhood under had a positive effect on the
development of gross and fine motor in children with DS and provided a scientific basis for referring children with DS to PT
programs before the age of one. Clinicians should recommend PT for children with DS in the early period.
AU  - GÜVEN BAYSAL, ŞENAY
AU  - Büyükavcı, Raikan
AU  - KORTAY, SİNEM
AU  - Büyükavcı, Mehmet Akif
AU  - Arslan, Feyzullah Necati
AU  - Dogan, Derya
DO  - 10.14744/nci.2020.90001
PY  - 2022
JO  - İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SN  - 2148-4902
SP  - 156
EP  - 161
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/526255
ER  -