Functional Task Constraints Foster Enhanced Postural Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy | Zendy

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Functional Task Constraints Foster Enhanced Postural Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Author(s) -

Jennifer Schmit,

Michael A. Riley,

Sarah CumminsSebree,

Laura C. Schmitt,

Kevin Shockley

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20140425

Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , flexibility (engineering) , psychology , task (project management) , functional movement , motor control , rehabilitation , physical therapy , medicine , neuroscience , mathematics , statistics , management , economics

Postural instability is a classical characteristic of cerebral palsy (CP), but it has not been examined during functional play activity. Recent work has demonstrated that when motor tasks are made functionally more relevant, performance improves, even in children with movement pathology. It is possible that in a disease state, the underlying control mechanisms that are associated with healthy physiology must be elicited.

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