Kinematic characteristics of postural control during reaching in preterm children with cerebral palsy.

@article{citeulike:1943195, abstract = {The relationships between kinematic characteristics of sitting posture during reaching movements of the dominant arm and 1) the kinematics of the reaching movement itself and 2) functional performance during daily life activities (PEDI) were assessed in 51 sitting preterm children with cerebral palsy (CP). The children were 2-11 y, 33 had spastic hemiplegia (SH) and 18 bilateral CP (Bi-CP). The data were compared with those of 26 typically developing children (TD). Sitting posture before the onset of reaching of children with CP differed from that of TD children: they sat with a more reclined pelvis and a more collapsed trunk. The more reclined pelvic position was associated with a better quality of reaching movements. The different sitting postures of pelvis and trunk were not related to functional performance during daily life activities. Displacement of the head, trunk, and pelvis of the children with CP did not differ from that of the TD children. Nevertheless, in the children with CP a more stable head, a more mobile trunk, and a more stable pelvis were related to better functional performance and/or a better quality of reaching. This suggests that physiotherapeutic guidance of children with CP should focus rather on the latter postural parameters than on the different sitting posture of pelvis and trunk.}, address = {Department of Neurology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.}, author = {van der Heide, J. C. and Fock, J. M. and Otten, B. and Stremmelaar, E. and Hadders-Algra, M. }, citeulike-article-id = {1943195}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/01.pdr.0000176834.47305.26}, issn = {0031-3998}, journal = {Pediatr Res}, keywords = {cerebral-palsy, children, cp, kinematics, postural, preterm}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {586--593}, posted-at = {2007-11-20 12:35:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Kinematic characteristics of postural control during reaching in preterm children with cerebral palsy.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/01.pdr.0000176834.47305.26}, volume = {58}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1943195 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1943195 N2 - The relationships between kinematic characteristics of sitting posture during reaching movements of the dominant arm and 1) the kinematics of the reaching movement itself and 2) functional performance during daily life activities (PEDI) were assessed in 51 sitting preterm children with cerebral palsy (CP). The children were 2-11 y, 33 had spastic hemiplegia (SH) and 18 bilateral CP (Bi-CP). The data were compared with those of 26 typically developing children (TD). Sitting posture before the onset of reaching of children with CP differed from that of TD children: they sat with a more reclined pelvis and a more collapsed trunk. The more reclined pelvic position was associated with a better quality of reaching movements. The different sitting postures of pelvis and trunk were not related to functional performance during daily life activities. Displacement of the head, trunk, and pelvis of the children with CP did not differ from that of the TD children. Nevertheless, in the children with CP a more stable head, a more mobile trunk, and a more stable pelvis were related to better functional performance and/or a better quality of reaching. This suggests that physiotherapeutic guidance of children with CP should focus rather on the latter postural parameters than on the different sitting posture of pelvis and trunk. IS - 3 JF - Pediatr Res SN - 0031-3998 AD - Department of Neurology, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. EP - 593 TI - Kinematic characteristics of postural control during reaching in preterm children with cerebral palsy. VL - 58 SP - 586 KW - cerebral-palsy KW - children KW - cp KW - kinematics KW - postural KW - preterm AU - van der Heide, JC AU - Fock, JM AU - Otten, B AU - Stremmelaar, E AU - Hadders-Algra, M PY - 2005/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/01.pdr.0000176834.47305.26 ER -