Postural Dysfunction During Standing and Walking in Children With Cerebral Palsy: What are the Underlying Problems and What New Therapies Might Improve Balance?

In this review we explore studies related to constraints on balance and walking in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and the efficacy of training reactive balance (recovering from a slip induced by a platform displacement) in children with both spastic hemiplegic and diplegic CP. Children with CP sh...

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Main Authors: Marjorie Hines Woollacott, Anne Shumway-Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2005.211