pISSN : 2093-0097 eISSN: 2799-9289
Open Access, Peer-reviewed
pISSN : 2093-0097 eISSN: 2799-9289
Open Access, Peer-reviewed
Sun-Kyu Lim, Young-Jin Cho
Epub 1st January, 1997
Abstract
The effects of sitting and prone standing position on reaching in children with athetoid cerebral palsy were studied using a method of motion analysis. Upper extremity function in three dimensional space was recorded during a simple reaching task using the Selspot system. The movement time, the number of accelerations and decelerations and range of motion of the elbow were measured. The reaches were faster and smoother while in a prone standing position. The study presents that prone positioning gives better effects on properties of reaching and that kinematic data is useful in assessment of the movement of children with cerebral palsy by the quantitative description of the movement.
Keywords
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy Reaching Motion Analysis.
