Effect of Biomechanical Constraints on Neural Control of Head Stability in Children With Moderate to Severe Cerebral Palsy | Zendy

Carolina Souza Neves da Costa | Zendy; Sandra Saavedra | Zendy; Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha | Zendy; Marjorie Woollacott | Zendy

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Effect of Biomechanical Constraints on Neural Control of Head Stability in Children With Moderate to Severe Cerebral Palsy

Author(s) -

Carolina Souza Neves da Costa,

Sandra Saavedra,

Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha,

Marjorie Woollacott

Publication year - 2016

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.20150418

Subject(s) - trunk , cerebral palsy , gross motor function classification system , predictability , physical medicine and rehabilitation , kinematics , motor control , physical therapy , medicine , psychology , mathematics , statistics , ecology , physics , classical mechanics , biology , psychiatry

External support has been viewed as an important biomechanical constraint for children with deficits in postural control. Nonlinear analysis of head stability may be helpful to confirm benefits of interaction between external trunk support and level of trunk control.

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