Should we be testing and training muscle strength in cerebral palsy?

DL Damiano, K Dodd, NF Taylor - Developmental medicine and child …, 2002 - cambridge.org
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a collection of disorders characterized by an insult to the developing
brain that produces a physical disability as the primary or distinguishing feature. The spastic …

Construct validity of the Capacity Profile in preschool children with cerebral palsy

A MEESTER‐DELVER, A Beelen… - … Medicine & Child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Capacity Profile (CAP) classifies additional care needs, subdivided into five domains of
body functions (physical health, motor, sensory, mental, and voice/speech) of children with …

Development of lower limb range of motion from early childhood to adolescence in cerebral palsy: a population-based study

E Nordmark, G Hägglund, H Lauge-Pedersen… - BMC medicine, 2009 - Springer
Background The decreasing range of joint motion caused by insufficient muscle length is a
common problem in children with cerebral palsy (CP), often worsening with age. In 1994 a …

Cerebral palsy: early diagnosis, intervention and risk factors

M Naletilić, V Tomić, M Šabić, T Vlak - Collegium antropologicum, 2009 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Early diagnosis and intervention intensity were suggested to be crucial factor in
cerebral palsy (CP) treatment. Herein we observed 347 children diagnosed for CP in …

The definition of cerebral palsy

E Blair, C Cans - Cerebral Palsy: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2018 - Springer
Cerebral palsy (CP) should not be considered as a diagnosis but as a label; it is an umbrella
term. The definition is not sufficiently precise to guarantee agreement as to which patients to …

[PDF][PDF] Novelties in the management of children with cerebral palsy

E Viehweger, M Kläusler, E de Pieri, M Sangeux - sofop.org
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and
posture, along with the development of spasticity, dyskinesia, and ataxia [1].“The motor …

[图书][B] Muscle strength, gross motor function and gait pattern in children with cerebral palsy

M Nyström Eek - 2009 - gupea.ub.gu.se
Aim The main purpose was to explore the relationship between muscle strength and walking
ability in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP), and to analyse whether muscle …

The rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy: problems and current trends.

A Kwolek, M Majka, M Pabis - Ortopedia, Traumatologia …, 2001 - europepmc.org
This article describes the currently accepted principles for the comprehensive treatment of
children with cerebral palsy. Emphasis is given to the importance of the quickest possible …

Discriminant ability and criterion validity of the Trunk Impairment Scale for cerebral palsy

SL Pavão, DA Maeda, C Corsi, MM Santos… - Disability and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aims: To compare the performance of children with mild and moderate-to-severe cerebral
palsy (CP) on the Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS), Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) …

Reconstructing cerebral palsy

B Dan, G Cheron - Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2004 - content.iospress.com
Forty years ago, a consensual definition of the cerebral palsy concept was suggested,
delineating it as a disorder of movement and posture secondary to non-progressive …