Associations between outdoor play features and children's behavior and health: A systematic review.

The decline of children's opportunities to play outdoors raises a new concern about the quality of outdoor play environments, and their developmental and well-being benefits for children. This systematic review aims to synthesize the associations between outdoor play features and children's behavior and health. PRISMA guidelines were followed (2021).

I Would Like to Do It Very Much! Leisure Participation Patterns and Determinants of Brazilian Children and Adolescents With Physical Disabilities.

Purpose: To describe the patterns, preferences, and predictors of participation in leisure activities of children and young people with physical disabilities from Brazil.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that included 50 children/young people with physical disabilities from the southeast of Brazil. The children were assessed using the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment and Preferences for Activities.

Parent-report health-related quality of life in school-aged children with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study.

Quality of life is both a goal and an outcome in Cerebral Palsy (CP) rehabilitation. Children with CP may show impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared to their typical peers. Parents' perceptions of HRQoL of their children could help rehabilitation professionals to identify areas for intervention aiming to improve health and wellbeing.

Differences in Leisure Physical Activity Participation in Children with Typical Development and Cerebral Palsy.

Aim: To compare participation in leisure physical activities in children with typical development (TD) and cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: A total of 170 children with TD (n = 101) and CP (n = 69) aged 8 to 18 years reported participation in 16 extracurricular physical activities. Non-parametric statistics examined differences between groups.

Participation in Leisure Activities by Portuguese Children With Cerebral Palsy.

Leisure participation contributes to the health and wellbeing of children with and without physical disabilities. In the present cross-sectional study, we aimed to assess the influence of child and family factors on leisure activity participation of children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 8-18 years. convenience sample of 69 participants with CP age = 12.

Corrigendum: Cross-Cultural Validation of Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment Portuguese Version.

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Cross-Cultural Validation of Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment Portuguese Version.

Participation is a major pediatric rehabilitation goal according to The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Children and Youth version (ICF-CY). ICF-based leisure participation measures for Portuguese-speaking children with cerebral palsy are currently not available. The aim of this study is to assess validity and reliability of the Portuguese (European) version of the Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment (CAPE).

Reproducibility of two functional field exercise tests for children with cerebral palsy who self-propel a manual wheelchair.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the test-retest reproducibility (reliability and agreement) of the 6-minute push test (6MPT) and the one-stroke push test (1SPT), and construct validity of the 6MPT in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who self-propel a manual wheelchair.

Method: Seventy-three children and adolescents with spastic CP (51 males, 22 females; mean age 11 y 9 mo, SD 3 y 7 mo, range 4-18 y; three unilateral, 70 bilateral) using a manual wheelchair for at least part of the day were recruited from and tested in different rehabilitation settings in the Netherlands and Brazil. Participants were classified as Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level II (n=7), III (n=36), or IV (n=30).