Children with cerebral palsy exhibit greater and more regular postural sway than typically developing children

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-370

  Donker, Stella F ^a,b   Ledebt, Annick ^a   Roerdink, Melvyn ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,c   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Centre of pressure trajectories; Cerebral palsy; Postural control; Regularity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTREMITIES; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SPINE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 37249060789     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1105-y     Document Type: Article

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