Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants
| Characteristics |
Participants n = 96 |
| Mean age (SD) | 9.3 (3.4) |
| Male (%) | 54 (56.3) |
| Ethnicity (%) | |
| - Caucasian | 68 (70.9) |
| - African-Brazilian | 28 (29.1) |
| Classification of CP (%) | |
| - spastic | 81 (84.4) |
| . quadriplegia | 22 (22.9) |
| . diplegia | 35 (36.5) |
| . hemiplegia | 24 (25.0) |
| - extrapyramidal | 11 (11.5) |
| - ataxic | 4 (4.1) |
| GMFCS | |
| - level 1 | 39 (37,5) |
| - level 2 | 3 (3.1) |
| - level 3 | 20 (20.8) |
| - level 4 | 6 (6,25) |
| - level 5 | 28 (29.2) |
| GMFM – mean (SD) | 56 (35.1) |
| Epilepsy (%) | 44 (45.8) |
| Education (%) | |
| - not receiving education | 21 (21.9) |
| - receiving special education | 29 (30.2) |
| - receiving regular education | 46 (47.9) |
SD = Standard deviation