Pain Prevalence, Distribution, Effect on Activities of Daily Life in Patients With Adolescent Cerebral Palsy

It will be questioned in which situations the pain occurred in the previous week (at rest from spasms, at rest from splints, on feeding, on moving, on dressing, at night, on exercise, on other treatments, on botulinum toxin application) and record as yes/no.

"Participants will be asked to respond to the initial question Over the past month, have you experienced physical pain? (yes or no). Those responding yes will be asked Please indicate how severe your pain was over the past month, on average, with response options from 1 (very little pain) to 10 (extremely painful). They will be also asked to indicate How much the pain gets in the way of your daily activities over the past month from a low of 1 (does not get in the way at all) to 10 (unable to carry out activities because of the pain). Finally, they will be asked to indicate the body regions in which they experienced pain."

Severity of CP will be determined based on the Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMFCS). GMFCS is a standardised measure that classifies gross motor functions in children with CP. Children in level I are very independent in motor functions while those in level V are the least independent

The subtypes of CP will be classified, using the Swedish classification, into spastic (tetraplegia, diplegia and hemiplegia), ataxic, dyskinetic and mixed