Cerebral Palsy research

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Cerebral Palsy and Fine Motor Skills in Children - Your Therapy Source
Cerebral Palsy and Fine Motor Skills in Children - Your Therapy Source
Development of Hand Use in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Research can help tackle the issue of the development of hand use in unilateral cerebral palsy. Read more about bimanual activities.
What Does the Research Say About NDT?
what does the research say about NDT? Read a summary from recent research on neurodevelopmental therapy published in Pediatrics.
Breathing Exercises for Cerebral Palsy
Pediatric therapists often work with children to work on their pulmonary function and provide breathing exercises for cerebral palsy
Muscle Activation and AFOs
A recent study looked closely at muscle activation and AFOs (ankle foot orthotics). Read how it affected muscle activation in the lower leg.
Therapeutic Interventions for Cerebral Palsy - Your Therapy Source
Upper Limb Training Dosage and Functional Improvements - Your Therapy Source
Core Stability Exercises Improve Hand Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy - Your Therapy Source
Did you know that core stability exercises can improve hand functions in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy?
Upper Extremity Training Improved Whole Body Movements for Children with Cerebral Palsy - Your Thera
Did you know that recent research indicates that CIMT and HABIT upper extremity training improves whole body movements?
Muscle Strengthening and Walking in Children with Cerebral Palsy - Your Therapy Source
Muscle Strengthening and Walking in Children with Cerebral Palsy - Your Therapy Source
Using Scaffolding or Chaining to Reach a Goal - Your Therapy Source
At times, all children need some help to achieve big goals. Whether it be a lofty IEP goal that you inherited, a large project the student needs to complete or a complex motor skill often times it is easier to break it up into smaller, more manageable chunks. Teachers call it scaffolding and therapists […]
Self Regulation, Cognitive Abilities and Motor Disabilities - Your Therapy Source
Research in Developmental Disabilities published research on secondary and post-secondary student with congenital motor disabilities. By examining a task of throwing a ball at a target, data was collected on self-regulatory aspects (i.e., goal-setting, self-efficacy and self-evaluation). Participants were divided into four subgroups: 1.) normal cognitive development and mild physical disabilities 2.)normal cognitive development and […]
Cerebral Palsy Positioning in Sit to Stand Transfer - Your Therapy Source
A recent study in the Journal of Biomechanics investigated cerebral palsy positioning in a sit to stand transfer with a 3D motion analysis system.
Comparing Seating Systems - Your Therapy Source
Pediatric Physical Therapy published a single case study comparing physiological functioning, communication switch activation, and response accuracy in a 19-year-old young man with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and neurological scoliosis using 2 seating systems within the school setting. A alternating treatment design was used recording data from the following conditions: baseline (standard planar inserts), using a […]
Sleep and Children with Cerebral Palsy - Your Therapy Source
CanChild has published another excellent resource which is entitled Keeping Current In Sleep Issues Among Children with Cerebral Palsy. Here are some highlights: Studies show that rates of sleep disturbances in children with cerebral palsy are actually quite similar to the general population and affect about one third of children. Certain aspects of CP are […]