Using Grasping Tasks to Evaluate Hand Force Coordination in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

• Published in: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Vol. 90; no. 8; pp. 1439 - 1442
• Main Authors: Mackenzie, Samuel J., Getchell, Nancy, Modlesky, Christopher M., Miller, Freeman, Jaric, Slobodan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy - physiopathology; Cerebral Palsy - rehabilitation; Child; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Female; Hand strength; Hand Strength - physiology; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Hemiplegia - physiopathology; Hemiplegia - rehabilitation; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Neurology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Statistics, Nonparametric; Hand strength; Rehabilitation; ANOVA; CP; cerebral palsy; analysis of variance; Human; Cerebral palsy; Nervous system diseases; Muscle strength; Motor system disorder; Hand; Cerebral disorder; Reeducation; Orthopedics; Central nervous system disease; Hemiplegia; Neurological disorder; Child; Strength

Mackenzie SJ, Getchell N, Modlesky CM, Miller F, Jaric S. Using grasping tasks to evaluate hand force coordination in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. To assess force coordination in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) using a device that allows for testing both unimanual and bimanu...