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Geerdink, Yvonne; Aarts, Pauline; Geurts, Alexander C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The goal of this study was to determine the progression of manual dexterity during 6 weeks (54 h) (modified) constraint-induced movement therapy ((m)CIMT) followed by 2 weeks (18 h) bimanual training (BiT) in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP), to establish whether and when a maximal training effect was reached and which factors…
Descriptors: Therapy, Comparative Analysis, Cerebral Palsy, Psychomotor Skills
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Rigoldi, Chiara; Galli, Manuela; Mainardi, Luca; Crivellini, Marcello; Albertini, Giorgio – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The goal of this work was to analyze postural control in Down syndrome (DS) participants considering three different groups composed by children, teenagers and adults with DS. An analysis of the centre of pressure (COP) displacement during standing position was therefore performed for the three groups of subjects. The obtained signal of COP was…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Down Syndrome, Adolescents, Children
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Craje, Celine; Aarts, Pauline; Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria; Steenbergen, Bert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
In the present study, we investigated the development of action planning in children with unilateral Cerebral Palsy (CP, aged 3-6 years, n = 24) and an age matched control group. To investigate action planning, participants performed a sequential movement task. They had to grasp an object (a wooden play sword) and place the sword in a hole in a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Analysis