Serious Game with Electromyography Feedback and Physical Therapy in Young Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy and Equinus Gait: A Prospective Open-Label Study

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 24; no. 5; p. 1513
• Main Authors: Boulay, Christophe, Gracies, Jean-Michel, Garcia, Lauren, Authier, Guillaume, Ulian, Alexis, Pradines, Maud, Vieira, Taian Martins, Pinto, Talita, Gazzoni, Marco, Desnous, Béatrice, Parratte, Bernard, Pesenti, Sébastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.02.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Ankle; Biofeedback; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; children with cerebral palsy; coefficients of impairment; Electromyography; equinus gait; Feedback; five-step assessment; Gait; Gait - physiology; gait velocity; Games; Health aspects; Humans; Muscle function; Muscle Spasticity; Muscle, Skeletal; Neurofeedback; Paresis; Patient compliance; Physical therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities; Prospective Studies; Rehabilitation; serious game; Spasticity; Therapeutics, Physiological; France; children with cerebral palsy; coefficients of impairment; five-step assessment; gait velocity; serious game; equinus gait

The clinical effects of a serious game with electromyography feedback (EMGs_SG) and physical therapy (PT) was investigated prospectively in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP). An additional aim was to better understand the influence of muscle shortening on function. Thirty childr...