Early intervention to improve hand function in hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Early intervention to improve hand function in hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy often have marked hand involvement with excessive thumb adduction and flexion and limited active wrist extension from infancy. Post-lesional aberrant plasticity can lead to progressive abnormalities of the developing motor system. Disturbances of somatosensory...

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Main Authors: Anna Purna Basu, Janice ePearse, Susan eKelly, Vicki eWisher, Jill eKisler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Cerebral Palsy
Hemiplegia
therapy
Spasticity
Early Intervention
Upper limb
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00281/full

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