Elbow Kinematics During Gait Improve With Age in Children With Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (hCP) ex- hibit a typical posture of elbow flexion during gait. However, the change in elbow kinematics and symmetry during gait across age span in both hCP and typically developing (TD) children is not well described. The aim of this study was to quantify the change in elbow kinematics and symmetry across age span in hCP children compared with TD children.

Differentiation of hand posture to object shape in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy

Quantifying hand-shaping in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP) is the first step in understanding hand posture differentiation. To quantify this ability and determine how hand posture evolves during reach toward various object shapes in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), 2 groups of children (10 typically developing, and 10 USCP, ages 6–13) were studied in a single-session cross-sectional study.