The positive effect of mirror visual feedback on arm control in children with Spastic Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy is dependent on which arm is viewed

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-402

  Smorenburg, Ana R P ^a,b   Ledebt, Annick ^b   Feltham, Max G ^c   Deconinck, Frederik J A ^a,d   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Cerebral palsy; Electromyography; Hemiparesis; Mirror visual feedback; Neuromuscular activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII BREVIS MUSCLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR VISUAL FEEDBACK; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC HEMIPARETIC CEREBRAL PALSY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRICEPS BRACHII LONGUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053930165     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2789-6     Document Type: Article

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