Seven cerebral palsied children living in the home and their
mothers were involved in this study. The mothers attended eight
weekly sessions and were instructed in basic nutrition and feeding
skill development. A Food and Nutrition Education Curriculum was
developed for this instruction. Each of the eight lessons in the...
The purpose of this research was to study the
effects of cerebral palsy on the ability to plan and
execute a gross motor movement, as measured by the
fractionation of Simple Reaction Time (SRT) into its
premotor (central) and motor (peripheral) components.
The experimental task required subjects (N = 10...
Horticultural therapy is the use of plants and plant-related activities as an adjunct therapy assisting medical, psychological and other rehabilitative therapies in the improvement of physical and mental health. Although long associated with having a beneficial effect upon people characterized as mentally ill, mentally deficient, socially maladapted and physically disabled,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of back and seat rest inclination on the
kinematics of manual hand-rim wheelchair propulsion in subjects with spastic type cerebral palsy.
Subjects ranged in age from nine to twenty-one and were classified as USCPAA Class III or IV functional
ability....
Balance is the ability to establish an equilibrium between the body and its environment. Balance is a key component which is associated with a variety of movements and postural control. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have difficulties with movement and postural control due to physical and neurological limitations. The purpose...