Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for demographic and clinical data

	Intervention group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 30)	Total sample (n = 60)
Age, mean ± SD (range)	10.30 ± 1.66 (8.08–12.92)	10.01 ± 1.73 (8.00–12.92)	10.15 ± 1.68 (8–12.92)
Sex, n (%)
Female   Male	15 (50) 15 (50)	15 (50) 15 (50)	30 (50) 30 (50)
Gestational Age (in weeks), n (%)
< 37 w    ≥ 37 w   Unknown	14 (46) 12 (40) 4 (13)	20 (66) 8 (26) 2 (6.7)	34 (56) 20 (33) 6 (10)
Epilepsy, n (%)a
No epilepsy   Active	24 (80) 6 (20)	18 (60) 12 (40)	42 (70) 18 (30)
Type of CP, n (%)
Spastic   Dyskinetic   Unknown	27 (90) 3 (10) 0	27 (90) 2 (6.7) 1 (3.3)	54 (90) 5 (8.3) 1 (1.7)
Motor distribution, n (%)
Unilateral   Bilateral	24 (80) 6 (20)	24 (80) 6 (20)	36 (60) 24 (40)
GMFCS, n (%)
I   II   III   IV	20 (66) 6 (20) 4 (13) 0	14 (46) 12 (40) 2 (6.7) 2 (6.7)	34 (56) 18 (30) 6 (10) 2 (3.3)
MACS, n (%)
I   II   III	11 (36) 16 (53) 3 (10)	14 (46) 13 (43) 3 (10)	25 (41) 29 (48) 6 (10)
BFMF, n (%)
I   II   III   IV	18 (60) 8 (26) 3 (10) 1 (3.3)	14 (46) 12 (40) 4 (6.7) 0	32 (53) 20 (33) 7 (11) 1 (1.7)
Abilhand questionnaire, mean ± SD	32.21 ± 7.86	31.03 ± 7.94	31.62 ± 7.49
CFCS, n (%)
I   II   III   IV	20 (66) 9 (30) 1 (3.3) 0	16 (53) 10 (33) 2 (6.7) 2 (6.7)	36 (60) 19 (31) 3 (5) 2 (3.3)
VSS, n (%)
I   II   III	26 (86) 3 (10) 1 (3.3)	18 (60) 9 (30) 3 (10)	44 (73) 12 (20) 4 (6.7)
IQ, mean ± SD (range)	100.42 ± 15.17 (75–125)	95.88 ± 9.33 (75–110)	98.15 ± 12.69 (75–125)

Notes. ^aThe International League Against Epilepsy criteria [75] was used to determine epilepsy status. Abbreviations: BFMF, Bimanual Fine Motor Function; CFCS, Communication Function Classification System; CP, Cerebral Palsy; GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System; IQ, Intelligence Quotient; MACS, Manual Ability Classification System; SD, Standard Deviation; VSS, Viking Speech Scale