Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants

Participant Information	Whole Sample n = 45	Group 1 (Splint only) n = 15	Group 2 (CO-OP only) n = 15	Group 3 (CO-OP + Splint) n = 15
Age (mean (SD))	8.4 (2.7)	8.3 (2.8)	8.1 (2.3)	8.8 (3.1)
Gender
Male (n, %)	23 (51)	8 (53)	8 (53)	7 (47)
Female (n, %)	22 (49)	7 (47)	7 (47)	8 (53)
Diagnosis
Cerebral Palsy (n, %)	40 (89)	13 (87)	15 (100)	12 (80)
Brain injury (N, %)	5 (11)	2(13)	0	3 (20)
Limbs affected
Unilateral (n, %)	32 (71)	14 (93)	11 (73)	7 (47)a
Bilateral (n, %)	13 (29)	1 (7)	4 (27)	8 (53)
Motor Type
Spastic (n, %)	28 (62)	9 (60)	11 (73)	8 (53)
Dystonic (n, %)	5 (11)	2 (13)	0	3 (20)
Mixed (n, %)	11 (24)	4 (27)	3 (20)	4 (27)
Ataxic (n, %)	1 (2)	0	1 (7)	0
MACS
I (n, %)	5 (11)	3 (20)	1 (7)	1 (7)
II (n, %)	28 (62)	10 (67)	10 (67)	8 (53)
III (n, %)	9 (20)	2 (13)	3 (20)	4 (27)
IV (n, %)	3 (7)	0	1 (7)	2 (13)
GMFCS
I (n, %)	24 (53)	9 (60)	8 (53)	7 (47)
II (n, %)	10 (22)	4 (27)	4 (27)	2 (13)
III (n, %)	4 (9)	1 (7)	0	3 (20)
IV (n, %)	6 (13)	1 (7)	3 (20)	2 (13)
V (n, %)	1 (2)	0	0	1 (7)
House
1 (n, %)	20 (44)	6 (40)	7 (47)	7 (47)
2 (n, %)	4 (9)	2 (13)	0	2 (13)
3 (n, %)	14 (31)	4 (27)	7 (47)	3 (20)
4 (n, %)	3 (7)	1 (7)	0	2 (13)
No contracture	4 (9)	2 (13)	1 (7)	1 (7)
COPM score, mean (SD)
COPM-P	2.75 (1.34)	2.78 (1.32)	2.16 (0.98)	3.32 (1.48)
COPM-S	3.38 (1.47)	3.37 (1.43)	3.07 (1.38)	3.69 (1.62)

Legend: MACS Manual Ability Classification System, GMFCS Gross Motor Function Classification System, House House thumb classification, COPM-P Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Performance Score, COPM-S Canadian Occupational Performance Measure Satisfaction Score; ^a Statistically different at baseline