Development of postural adjustments during reaching in infants with CP

The development of postural adjustments during reaching movements was longitudinally studied in seven infants with cerebral palsy (CP) between 4 and 18 months of age. Five infants developed spastic hemiplegia, one spastic tetraplegia, and one spastic tetraplegia with athetosis. Each assessment consi...

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Published in:Developmental medicine and child neurology 1999-11, Vol.41 (11), p.766-776, Article S001216229900153X
Main Authors: Hadders-Algra, Mijna, van der Fits, Ingrid B M, Stremmelaar, Elisabeth F, Touwen, Bert C L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cerebral Palsy - complications
Electromyography
Female
Hemiplegia - complications
Hemiplegia - diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Male
Motor Skills Disorders - complications
Motor Skills Disorders - diagnosis
Muscle Spasticity - complications
Muscle Spasticity - diagnosis
Original Articles
Posture - physiology
Severity of Illness Index
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Summary:The development of postural adjustments during reaching movements was longitudinally studied in seven infants with cerebral palsy (CP) between 4 and 18 months of age. Five infants developed spastic hemiplegia, one spastic tetraplegia, and one spastic tetraplegia with athetosis. Each assessment consisted of a simultaneous recording of video data and surface EMGs of arm, neck, trunk, and leg muscles during reaching in various lying and sitting positions. The basic organization of postural adjustments of the children developing spastic CP was intact. Their main problem was a deficient capacity to modulate the postural adjustments to task-specific constraints – a deficit which was attributed to a combination of an impaired motor coordination and deficits in sensory integration. The child with spastic-dyskinetic CP showed distinct abnormalities in the basic organization of postural adjustments.
ISSN:0012-1622
1469-8749
DOI:10.1017/S001216229900153X