Biomechanical and functional effects of shoulder kinesio taping® on cerebral palsy children interacting with virtual objects

• Published in: Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 676 - 684
• Main Authors: García-Hernández, N., Corona-Cortés, J., García-Fuentes, L., González-Santibañez, R. Díaz, Parra-Vega, V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.05.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Athletic taping; Biomechanical analysis; Biomechanics; Cerebral palsy; Children; Computer applications; CP palsy; Dynamic models; Motor skill; Motor task performance; Paralysis; Shoulder; shoulder kinesio taping; Taping; Tracking devices; virtual reaching task; Virtual reality; CP palsy; shoulder kinesio taping; Biomechanical analysis; virtual reaching task
• ISSN: 1025-5842; 1476-8259
• DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2019.1580361

The reaching of objects is usually practiced by CP children in conventional or Virtual Reality-based therapies to enhance motor skill performance. Recently, Kinesio Taping® method has been studied to increase mechanical stability and improve functional movement of the upper limb; however, its influence on CP children´s upper limb motion has been rarely quantified due to lack of sensory measurement. Therefore, in this paper, we evaluate the biomechanical and functional effects of applying shoulder Kinesio Taping® on CP children in the reaching-transporting of virtual objects, by using a low-cost tracking device, exact robust differentiation of data and a simple nonlinear biomechanical dynamic model of the trunk and arm.