An adolescent boy with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy presented with crouch gait. He had bilateral severe flexion deformities of knees and hips. He was treated with single event multilevel surgery for the correction of deformities. Surgical procedures included bilateral adductor release, iliopsoas lengthening, bilateral femoral shortening and patella plication. Persistent hypertension was note...

The purpose of this study was to determine if adults with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) display midline crossing inhibition (MCI) in the lower extremity as measured by choice reaction time (CRT) and movement time (MT) as compared to participants without disabilities. Midline crossing ability was assessed in the standing position using a protocol developed by Eason and Surburg (1993). Bot...

Detailed descriptions of gait impairments have been reported in cerebral palsy (CP), but it is still unclear how maturation of the spinal motoneuron output is affected. Spatiotemporal alpha-motoneuron activation during walking can be assessed by mapping the electromyographic activity profiles from several, simultaneously recorded muscles onto the anatomical rostrocaudal location of the motoneur...

Background: We aimed to study the contribution of upper limb movements to propulsion during walking in typically developing (TD) children (n = 5) and children with hemiplegic and diplegic cerebral palsy (CP; n = 5 and n = 4, respectively). Methods: Using integrated three-dimensional motion capture data and a scaled generic musculoskeletal model that included upper limbs, we generated torque dri...

objectives: cerebral palsy is the most common type of permanent movement and posture disorder in children leading to activity limitations. children's participation is influenced by their functional ability, skills, interests, and environmental factors. the objective of the study was to describe parent perception of environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy. me...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of foot orthoses on the standing balance of a child with spasticdiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Subject: A 12-year-old girl was diagnosed with spastic diplegic CP with level II of the gross motor function using the gross motor function classification system. Her feet were pronated while walking and crouching. Foot orthoses were prescribed to co...

There is limited evidence about gait stability and its alteration by concurrent motor cognitive tasks in children with cerebral palsy (CP). We examined how it altered constrained or task CP their typically developed (TD) controls. Gait kinematics were recorded using inertial-measurement units (IMU) from 18 patients hemiplegia (13.5 ± 2.4 years), 12 diplegia (13.0 2.1 31 TD controls 2.2 years) d...