Goal setting in children with unilateral cerebral palsy participating in an intensive motor learning and brain stimulation trial: characteristics and associations with outcome

8 weeks MiYoga group (n=21) or 8 weeks Waitlist control group (n=21).Materials/Methods: MiYoga was an 8-week program that consisted of six 90-minute sessions and 2 phone consultations to help participants integrate MiYoga practices into their everyday life.In addition, during the 8-week duration of the program, children-parent dyads were asked to partake in a minimum of 20 minutes daily home practices along with the MiYoga DVD and the MiYoga poster.The primary outcome of interest was children's sustained attention measured by variables from the Conner's Continuous Performance Task (CPT)the Hit Reaction Time Block Change (HitRT block change) as well as the Omissions and Commissions Block Change variables.Results: Children in the MiYoga group demonstrated significantly better sustained attention post intervention compared to the control group on the HitRT Block Change variable of the CPT (attention was better sustained for the duration of the task) F(1,33)=4.98,p=0.03, partial eta squared=0.14(ANCOVA).Further analysis confirmed that the MiYoga group demonstrated ability to focus and maintain attention on task across the blocks in the treatment group post MiYoga compared to waitlist control group.Conclusions/Significance: MiYoga, a family focused lifestyle intervention, was associated with improvements in sustained attention for children with unilateral and bilateral CP.