Development of postural adjustments during reaching in infants with CP.

@article{citeulike:921516, abstract = {The development of postural adjustments during reaching movements was longitudinally studied in seven infants with cerebral palsy (CP) between 4 and 18 months of age. Five infants developed spastic hemiplegia, one spastic tetraplegia, and one spastic tetraplegia with athetosis. Each assessment consisted of a simultaneous recording of video data and surface EMGs of arm, neck, trunk, and leg muscles during reaching in various lying and sitting positions. The basic organization of postural adjustments of the children developing spastic CP was intact. Their main problem was a deficient capacity to modulate the postural adjustments to task-specific constraints - a deficit which was attributed to a combination of an impaired motor coordination and deficits in sensory integration. The child with spastic-dyskinetic CP showed distinct abnormalities in the basic organization of postural adjustments.}, address = {Department of Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. m.hadders-algra@med.rug.nl}, author = {Hadders-Algra, M. and van der Fits, I. B. and Stremmelaar, E. F. and Touwen, B. C. }, citeulike-article-id = {921516}, issn = {0012-1622}, journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol}, keywords = {cp, development, infants, posture, print-red, reaching}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {766--776}, posted-at = {2006-11-01 14:16:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Development of postural adjustments during reaching in infants with CP.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10576641}, volume = {41}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:921516 L3 - citeulike-article-id:921516 TI - Development of postural adjustments during reaching in infants with CP. JF - Dev Med Child Neurol VL - 41 IS - 11 SP - 766 EP - 776 AD - Department of Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. m.hadders-algra@med.rug.nl SN - 0012-1622 N2 - The development of postural adjustments during reaching movements was longitudinally studied in seven infants with cerebral palsy (CP) between 4 and 18 months of age. Five infants developed spastic hemiplegia, one spastic tetraplegia, and one spastic tetraplegia with athetosis. Each assessment consisted of a simultaneous recording of video data and surface EMGs of arm, neck, trunk, and leg muscles during reaching in various lying and sitting positions. The basic organization of postural adjustments of the children developing spastic CP was intact. Their main problem was a deficient capacity to modulate the postural adjustments to task-specific constraints - a deficit which was attributed to a combination of an impaired motor coordination and deficits in sensory integration. The child with spastic-dyskinetic CP showed distinct abnormalities in the basic organization of postural adjustments. KW - cp KW - development KW - infants KW - posture KW - print-red KW - reaching AU - Hadders-Algra, M AU - van der Fits, IB AU - Stremmelaar, EF AU - Touwen, BC PY - 1999/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10576641 ER -