Influence of the furniture in the playful activities in students with cerebral palsy

Authors

  • Franciane Teixeira de Oliveira Universidade Estadual Paulista; Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação
  • Lígia Maria Presumido Braccialli Universidade Estadual Paulista; Departamento de Educação Especial

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.19893

Keywords:

Special education, cerebral palsy, furniture, adaptation

Abstract

This work analyzed the performance of students with spastic cerebral palsy during the accomplishment of activities in two types of seats: canvas and wood. Eleven students with spastic cerebral palsy, bigger of six years had participated of the study. A protocol of tasks of superior members was used, adapted for the Brazilian reality, to verify if the seat used in the chair it influenced or not it manual performance of these students. The collection of data was become fullfilled with the students seated in the chair with canvas seat, and in the chair with the wooden seat. The analysis of the data was carried through by means of the punctuation of the activities carried through in the two seats. It could be concluded that all the participants had presented difficulties in the accomplishment of the activities, had to its motor limitations, since they demanded fine movements, force of grasp and coordination, for its accomplishment accomplishes. It was possible to observe, also, that the majority of the participants got greater punctuation in the canvas seat. Moreover, it could be verified that the topographical distribution of the cerebral paralysis influenced in the accomplishment of the activities.

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2008-12-01

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2008)

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