BACKGROUND It is difficult to engage young children with cerebral palsy (CP) in repetitive, tedious therapy. As such, there is a need for innovative approaches and tools to motivate these children. We developed the low-cost, computer game-based rehabilitation platform CGR that combines fine manipulation and gross movement exercises with attention and planning game activities appropriate for you...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a chronic nervous system disease that severely damages the physical and developmental health of children. Traditional treatment brings about only improvement of mild to moderate CP, but severe CP still lacks effective interventions. To explore safety and efficacy of using neural progenitor cells (NPCs) to treat CP in children, we performed NPC transplantation in 45 patie...

Abstract Objectives Few studies have examined the relationship between language abilities and specific motor skills in toddlers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The aim of this study was to compare receptive (RL) expressive (EL) functioning ASD aged 24 36 months their peers typical development (TD). Furthermore, compared multidimensional delayed RL EL development. predictive powers were for...

BACKGROUND Assessment of children treated nonoperatively for idiopathic clubfoot, has primarily focused on the kinematic and kinetic results measured with gait analysis (GA). Excellent results in ankle motion and push-off power during gait have been reported at age 5; however, the assessment of gross motor function, has not been evaluated. The purpose of this study was to look at the relationsh...

BACKGROUND Motor development appears to be more affected by premature birth than other developmental domains, however few studies have specifically investigated the development of gross and fine motor skills in this population. AIM To examine longitudinal motor development in a group of "apparently normal" high-risk infants. SETTING Developmental follow-up clinic in a perinatal centre. ST...

The purpose of this study was to determine a convenient communication tool to help educate parents about varying the positions of their new babies. Eighty-eight percent of babies whose parents had received a brochure explaining the importance of early and regularly scheduled "tummy time" were placed in the prone position more than one time a day. Seventeen of 34 babies were started prone before...

This paper explores the effect of precise rehabilitation strategies under international classification functioning, disability and health for children youth (ICF-CY) on motor function with cerebral palsy. Under framework ICF-CY, observation team is designed evaluated from physical functions, activities participation, environmental factors, develops individualized that are tailored to individual...