Assessment of Manual Abilities Using the Box and Block Test in Children with Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

Table 1

General characteristics of patients.

		PEDI			BBT
		Self-care	Mobility	Social function
Type	(%)
Spastic	133 (82.1)	58 (51.3-67.6)	49.7 (36.5-61.4)	62.3 (53.7-70.8)	16 (8.2-23.5)
Dyskinetic	26 (16.0)	51.6 (45.6-57.5)	38.2 (28.1-46.5)	57.5 (45.9-64.3)	6.2 (3.2-16.7)
Ataxic	1 (1.9)	—	—	—	—
Hypotonic	2 (1.2)	—	—	—	—
MACS
I	9 (5.6)	93 (77.4-96.5)	75.2 (65.5-91.7)	82.2 (72.1-82.2)	41.0 (34.7-46.2)^a
II	44 (27.2)	67.2 (59.7-75.6)	60.0 (50.7-68.7)	70.8 (59.3-82.2)	22.2 (17.1-28.0)^a,b
III	62 (38.3)	55.6 (52.4-64.7)	45.2 (40.0-55.0)	60.7 (53.2-66.5)	14.2 (7.3-20.5)^c
IV	42 (25.9)	47.5 (43.4-53.7)	30.6 (22.7-40.3)	54.3 (46.6-51.1)	6.0 (1.8-11.1)
V	5 (3.1)	40.4 (34.1-46.3)	29.0 (14.8-36.9)	42.5 (37.7-43.4)	3.5 (0.7-5.5)

Median (IQR). ^a: I vs. III, IV, and V; II vs. IV. ^b: II vs. III. ^c: III vs. IV.