Developmental medicine and child neurology
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Dev Med Child Neurol · Feb 2010
Relationship between neuromuscular body functions and upper extremity activity in children with cerebral palsy.
Our aim was to investigate the relationship between the dimensions of neuromuscular body function and elbow, forearm, and hand activity in the upper extremities in children/adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), within the framework of the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. ⋯ In high-functioning children and adolescents with CP, limited active supination range and difficulties in generating and modulating force are strongly related to limitations in hand activity. Further studies are needed to establish cause and effect in this relationship.