Cerebral palsy: Aetiology, pathophysiology and therapeutic interventions

J Upadhyay, N Tiwari, MN Ansari - Clinical and Experimental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common non‐progressive neurodevelopmental disorder in
which the impairment of motor and posture functions occurs. This condition may be present …

Activity limitation in hemiplegic cerebral palsy: evidence for disorders in motor planning

B Steenbergen, AM Gordon - Developmental medicine and child …, 2006 - cambridge.org
Review of the definition of cerebral palsy (CP) has focused on disorders of movement and
posture development that cause activity limitations. Recent research provides new insights …

Efficacy of a hand–arm bimanual intensive therapy (HABIT) in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: a randomized control trial

AM Gordon, JA Schneider, A Chinnan… - … Medicine & Child …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) have impairments in bimanual coordination
above and beyond their unilateral impairments. Recently we developed hand‐arm bimanual …

Compensation for distal impairments of grasping in adults with hemiparesis

SM Michaelsen, S Jacobs, A Roby-Brami… - Experimental Brain …, 2004 - Springer
Previous studies have shown that patients with arm and hand paresis following stroke recruit
an additional degree of freedom (the trunk) to transport the hand during reaching and use …

Quantitative evaluation of upper-limb motor control in robot-aided rehabilitation

L Zollo, L Rossini, M Bravi, G Magrone, S Sterzi… - Medical & biological …, 2011 - Springer
This paper is focused on the multimodal analysis of patient performance, carried out by
means of robotic technology and wearable sensors, and aims at providing quantitative …

Reliability of upper and lower limb three-dimensional kinematics in children with hemiplegia

AH Mackey, SE Walt, GA Lobb, NS Stott - Gait & posture, 2005 - Elsevier
The repeatability of both 3D kinematic measurements of arm movement during simple upper
limb tasks and lower limb movement during gait analysis was evaluated in 10 children with …

Pathophysiology of impaired hand function in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

AM Gordon, Y Bleyenheuft… - … Medicine & Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Unilateral spastic cerebral palsy, caused by damage to the developing central nervous
system, is characterized by motor impairments mainly lateralized to one side of the body …

Bimanual coordination during a goal-directed task in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

YC Hung, J Charles, AM Gordon - Developmental medicine and child …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Most studies of impaired hand function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) have
focused on either the involved or the non-involved extremity in isolation. Coordination of the …

Anticipatory planning deficits and task context effects in hemiparetic cerebral palsy

M Mutsaarts, B Steenbergen, H Bekkering - Experimental Brain Research, 2006 - Springer
Individuals with hemiparetic cerebral palsy (HCP) display deviant motor output,
predominantly on one side of the body. The question pursued here is whether HCP …

Review of quantitative measurements of upper limb movements in hemiplegic cerebral palsy

E Jaspers, K Desloovere, H Bruyninckx, G Molenaers… - Gait & posture, 2009 - Elsevier
This review provides an overview of results found in literature on objective measurements of
upper limb movements in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP). Seventeen articles …