Home-based therapy for upper limb activity in children and adolescents with unilateral cer

A systematic review and meta-analysis by Cristina Lirio-Romero, published on figshare in May 2026, analyzes the effect of home-based therapy on upper limb activity in children and adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy. Seventeen experimental studies were included, sourced from PubMed, Cochrane, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and PEDro databases. The analysis found home-based therapies showed improvement, with a standardized mean difference of 0.45.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the efficacy of home-based therapy interventions based on pooled standardized mean differences
• Assessing the impact of intervention dosage (hours per week) on outcomes based on subgroup analyses
• Investigating moderators like parental involvement and delivery format based on meta-regression results
• Supporting clinical decision-making for integrating therapy into everyday routines based on the review's conclusions

Strengths

• Analysis includes 17 studies, providing a substantive review base
• Results include a pooled standardized mean difference (SMD = 0.45) with a 95% confidence interval (0.30–0.60)
• Subgroup and meta-regression analyses were performed on implementation-related moderators

Limitations

• The overall certainty of the evidence is described as low
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies from PubMed, Cochrane, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and PEDro.

Time Range

Studies searched from inception to March 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 06:00:03