Clinical tools to assess balance in children and adults with cerebral palsy: a systematic review

R Saether, JL Helbostad, II Riphagen… - … Medicine & Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to review tools used to assess balance in clinical practice in children and adults
with cerebral palsy (CP), to describe their content and measurement properties and to …

Accelerometric assessment of postural balance in children: A systematic review

JL García-Soidán, R Leirós-Rodríguez, V Romo-Pérez… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The correct development of postural control in children is fundamental to ensure that they
fully reach their psychomotor capacities. However, this capacity is one of the least studied in …

Reliability and responsiveness of the gross motor function measure-88 in children with cerebral palsy

J Ko, MY Kim - Physical therapy, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) is commonly used in the
evaluation of gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The relative reliability …

Clinical characteristics of impaired trunk control in children with spastic cerebral palsy

L Heyrman, K Desloovere, G Molenaers… - Research in …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study aimed to identify clinical characteristics of impaired trunk control in hundred
children with spastic CP (mean age 11.4±2.1 years, range 8–15 years). Assessment of trunk …

The central role of trunk control in the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy: a retrospective cross‐sectional study

DJ Curtis, P Butler, S Saavedra… - … Medicine & Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Improvement of gross motor function and mobility are primary goals of physical therapy
in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this study was to investigate the …

Altered trunk movements during gait in children with spastic diplegia: compensatory or underlying trunk control deficit?

L Heyrman, H Feys, G Molenaers, E Jaspers… - Research in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Altered trunk movements during gait in children with CP are considered compensatory due
to lower limb impairments, although scientific evidence for this assumption has not yet been …

Orthopedic surgery in cerebral palsy: Instructional course lecture

D Sharan - Indian journal of orthopaedics, 2017 - Springer
Orthopedic surgery (OS) plays an important role in the management of cerebral palsy (CP).
The objectives of OS are to optimize functions and prevent deformity. Newer developments …

Concurrent validity of a custom method for markerless 3D full-body motion tracking of children and young adults based on a single RGB-D camera

N Hesse, S Baumgartner, A Gut… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-cost, portable RGB-D cameras with integrated body tracking functionality enable easy-
to-use 3D motion analysis without requiring expensive facilities and specialized personnel …

Influence of trunk control and lower extremity impairments on gait capacity in children with cerebral palsy

J Balzer, P Marsico, E Mitteregger… - Disability and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: We investigated the combined impact of trunk control and lower extremities
impairments on predicting gait capacity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between trunk control and balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study

S Panibatla, V Kumar, A Narayan - Journal of clinical and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim To find the relationship between trunk control and balance by means of Trunk Control
Measurement Scale (TCMS) and Paediatric Balance Scale (PBS). Materials and Methods …