背景與目的:身體組成不僅為健康體適能要素，亦為兒童生長發育與營養的指標。過去研究顯示青春前期腦性麻痺兒童有生長發育與營養不良的問題，然國內相關研究不足。本研究目的為比較青春前期腦性麻痺與正常發展兒童之身體組成o方法:本研究為一橫斷式研究，收取74位腦生麻痺(6.4士2.4歲)及的位正常發展( 6.1 + 2.1歲)兒童參與。利用身體質量指數、重高指數、腰園、臀圍、腰臀圍比與皮脂厚等參數評估身體組成，並採曼-惠特尼U考驗進行組間比較。結果:本研究發現除了腸骨上皮脂厚以外，青春前期腦性麻痺兒童的身體質量指數、重高指數、腰圍、臀圍、皮脂厚與體脂肪百分比皆顯著小於正常發展兒童，而腰臀團比則顯著大於正常發展兒童(p<0.05)。結論:青春前期腦性麻痺兒童的多數身體組成參數與正常發展兒童之身體組成有顯著不同口未來應探討腦性麻痺見童身體組成之影響因子，以支持其臨床介入發展刊物理治療。(2012;37(2): 157-166)

Background & Purpose: Body composition is an essential element of the health-related physical fitness, also an indicator of growth and nutritional status in children. Foreign studies showed pre-pubertal children with cerebral palsy had poor growth and nutritional problems. Few native studies evaluate the characteristics of body composition in children with cerebral palsy. The purpose of this study was to compare the body composition between the pre-pubertal children with cerebral palsy and normally developed children. Methods: Seventy-four pre-pubertal children with cerebral palsy (mean age=6.4:t2.4 years) and 93 normally developed pre-pubertal children (mean age=6.1 :t2.1years) were recruited in this cross-sectional study. Mann- Whitney U test was used to analyze the various variables of body composition between two groups of subjects, including the body mass index, weight-for-length index, waist circumference, hip ircumference, waist-hip ratio, triceps skinfold thickness, subscapular skinfold thickness, suprailiac skinfold thickness, and calf skinfold thickness. Results: Al1 variables of body composition in pre-pubertal children with cerebral palsy were significantly smaller than those of the normally developed pre-pubertal children (p