■脑瘫(CP)儿童对适应性运动的兴趣正在增长,但是目前关于一项运动的好处和适应症的证据,自适应攀爬,是有限的。
■我们试图描述参与适应性攀爬的CP儿童的父母观察到的感知变化。
■患有CP的孩子参加了5个或更多适应性攀岩课程的父母有资格参加,并通过电子邮件发送了招募信和传单。数据是通过半结构化访谈收集的,使用主持人指南。采访被转录和内容分析,将数据分组为概念,类别,和主题,直到数据饱和。
■十个父母(9个母亲,1个父亲)的10个患有CP的孩子(5个女孩,5名男孩;7至19岁)每人接受了15至45分钟的采访,产生4个主题。首先,父母认为适应性攀爬对孩子的身体提出了挑战(触手可及,balance,力量,以及头部/颈部和下肢运动);第二,它提高了儿童的认知技能(在焦点上,解决问题,和战略思维);第三,它提高了孩子们的信心(社会,物理上,和情感上);第四,它扩大了孩子们对他们能做什么的感觉(在掌握挑战的过程中,声称有运动身份,并像同龄人一样参加一项运动)。
■在这项定性研究中,父母描述身体,认知,适应性攀岩对CP患儿的心理社会益处。这些描述可用于将来对参与适应性攀爬的CP儿童的研究。
UNASSIGNED: Interest in adaptive sports for children with cerebral palsy (CP) is growing, but current evidence on the benefits and indications for one sport, adaptive climbing, is limited.
UNASSIGNED: We sought to describe perceived changes observed by parents of children with CP who participated in adaptive climbing.
UNASSIGNED: Parents whose children with CP participated in 5 or more adaptive climbing sessions were eligible to participate and were emailed a recruitment letter and flyer. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, using a moderator guide. Interviews were transcribed and content analyzed, with data grouped into concepts, categories, and themes until data saturation.
UNASSIGNED: Ten parents (9 mothers, 1 father) of 10 children with CP (5 girls, 5 boys; ages 7 to 19 years) were interviewed for 15 to 45 minutes each, yielding 4 themes. First, parents perceived that adaptive climbing challenged the children physically (in reach, balance, strength, and head/neck and lower limb motion); second, that it sharpened children\'s cognitive skills (in focus, problem-solving, and strategic thinking); third, that it raised children\'s
confidence (socially, physically, and emotionally); and fourth, that it expanded children\'s sense of what they could do (in mastering a challenge, claiming an athletic identity, and participating in a sport like their peers).
UNASSIGNED: In this qualitative study, parents described physical, cognitive, and psychosocial benefits of adaptive climbing for their children with CP. These descriptions can be used to inform future studies of children with CP who participate in adaptive climbing.