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Wilmut, Kate; Byrne, Maia; Barnett, Anna L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
When picking up an object, adults show a longer deceleration phase when the onward action has a greater precision requirement. Tailoring action in this way is thought to need forward modelling in order to predict the consequences of movement. Some evidence suggests that young children also tailor reaching in this way; however, how this skill…
Descriptors: Physics, Psychomotor Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
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Krautwurst, Britta K.; Wolf, Sebastian I.; Heitzmann, Daniel W. W.; Gantz, Simone; Braatz, Frank; Dreher, Thomas – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Trendelenburg walking pattern is a common finding in various disorders, including cerebral palsy (CP), where it is seen in children and adults. Clinically, this deviation is viewed as a consequence of hip abductor weakness resulting in pelvic obliquity. Trunk lean to the ipsilateral side is a common compensatory mechanism to counteract pelvic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cerebral Palsy, Motion, Human Body
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Wang, Ping; Low, K. H.; McGregor, Alison H.; Tow, Adela – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In order to identify optimal rehabilitation strategies for spinal cord injury (SCI) participants, assessment of impaired walking is required to detect, monitor and quantify movement disorders. In the proposed assessment, ten healthy and seven SCI participants were recruited to perform an over-ground walking test at slow walking speeds. SCI…
Descriptors: Injuries, Physical Activities, Physical Disabilities, Human Body
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Van de Winckel, Ann; Klingels, Katrijn; Bruyninckx, Frans; Wenderoth, Nici; Peeters, Ron; Sunaert, Stefan; Van Hecke, Wim; De Cock, Paul; Eyssen, Maria; De Weerdt, Willy; Feys, Hilde – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The aim of the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was to investigate brain activation associated with active and passive movements, and tactile stimulation in 17 children with right-sided unilateral cerebral palsy (CP), compared to 19 typically developing children (TD). The active movements consisted of repetitive opening and…
Descriptors: Brain, Stimulation, Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Analysis
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Cheng, Hsin-Yi Kathy; Ju, Yan-Ying; Chen, Chia-Ling; Chang, Ya-Ju; Wong, Alice May-Kuen – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study used a repeated measures design to assess the effect of an eight-week repetitive passive movement (RPM) intervention on lower extremity muscle tone and function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Eighteen children (aged 9.5 [plus or minus] 2.1 years) with spastic CP were randomly assigned to a knee RPM intervention condition of 3…
Descriptors: Intervention, Human Body, Comparative Analysis, Cerebral Palsy
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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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Hung, Ya-Ching; Henderson, Eugene R.; Akbasheva, Frida; Valte, Leslie; Ke, Wei Shan; Gordon, Andrew M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Children with hemiplegia have deficits in motor planning in addition to their impairments in movement of their more-affected upper extremity (UE). However, little is known about the relationship between motor planning and multi-segment coordination during functional activities in this population. In the present study, motor planning strategies and…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Motion
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Wang, Hui-Yi; Long, I-Man; Liu, Mei-Fang – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have been characterized by greater postural sway in quiet stance and insufficient motor ability. However, there is a lack of studies to explore the properties of dynamic postural sway, especially under conditions of task-oriented movement. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Muscular Strength
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Jaspers, Ellen; Desloovere, Kaat; Bruyninckx, Herman; Klingels, Katrijn; Molenaers, Guy; Aertbelien, Erwin; Van Gestel, Leen; Feys, Hilde – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The aim of this study was to measure which three-dimensional spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters differentiate upper limb movement characteristics in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (HCP) from those in typically developing children (TDC), during various clinically relevant tasks. We used a standardized protocol containing three reach…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Pathology, Motion, Biomechanics
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Bruijn, Sjoerd M.; Meyns, Pieter; Jonkers, Ilse; Kaat, Desloovere; Duysens, Jacques – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Children with hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy (CP) walk with marked asymmetries. For instance, we have recently shown that they have less arm swing on the affected side, and more arm swing at the unaffected side. Such an increase in arm swing at the unaffected side may be aimed at controlling total body angular momentum about the vertical axis,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Cerebral Palsy, Motion, Psychomotor Skills
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Aarts, Pauline B.; Jongerius, Peter H.; Geerdink, Yvonne A.; van Limbeek, Jacques; Geurts, Alexander C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
A recent randomized controlled trial indicated that modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy followed by Bimanual Training (mCIMT-BiT) is an effective intervention to improve spontaneous use of the affected upper limb in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP). The present study aimed to investigate how the above-mentioned…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Motion, Classification
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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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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chang, Man-Ling; Shih, Ching-Tien – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control environmental stimulation using limb swing with a gyration air mouse and a newly developed limb movement detection program (LMDP, i.e., a new software program that turns a gyration air mouse into a precise limb movement detector). The study was performed…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Assistive Technology
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Smorenburg, Ana R. P.; Ledebt, Annick; Deconinck, Frederik J. A.; Savelsbergh, Geert J. P. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study examined the active joint-position sense in children with Spastic Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy (SHCP) and the effect of static visual feedback and static mirror visual feedback, of the non-moving limb, on the joint-position sense. Participants were asked to match the position of one upper limb with that of the contralateral limb. The task…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Motion, Psychomotor Skills, Feedback (Response)
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Ju, Yun-Huei; You, Jia-Yuan; Cherng, Rong-Ju – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purposes of the study were to examine the effect of task constraint on the reaching performance in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and to examine the correlations between the reaching performance and postural control. Eight children with CP and 16 typically developing (TD) children participated in the study. They performed a…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Psychomotor Skills, Correlation
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