Upper limb cerebellar motor function in children with spina bifida
| Autor: | James M. Drake, Daune MacGregor, Jack M. Fletcher, Caitlin E. V. Mahy, Maureen Dennis, Derryn Jewell, Ross Hetherington, Michael S. Salman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Parents congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Cerebellum medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Posture Motor Activity Neuropsychological Tests Motor function Article Typically developing Surveys and Questionnaires Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Motor activity Child Spinal Dysraphism Dyskinesias business.industry Spina bifida General Medicine medicine.disease nervous system diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Multicenter study Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Arm Physical therapy Upper limb Female Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery business |
| Zdroj: | Child's Nervous System. 26:67-73 |
| ISSN: | 1433-0350 0256-7040 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00381-009-0991-7 |
| Popis: | To investigate upper limb cerebellar motor function in children with spina bifida myelomeningocele (SBM) and in typically developing controls.Participants with SBM, who had either upper level spinal lesions (n = 23) or lower level spinal lesions (n = 65), and controls (n = 37) completed four upper limb motor function tasks (posture, rebound, limb dysmetria, and diadochokinesis) under four different physical and cognitive challenge conditions. Functional independence was assessed by parental questionnaire.Fewer SBM participants were able to complete the posture task, and they were less likely than controls to obtain a perfect rebound score. Participants with SBM showed impaired performance in either time, accuracy, or both, on the limb dysmetria and diadochokinesis tasks but responded like controls to physical and cognitive challenges.Because upper limb motor performance predicted aspects of functional independence, we conclude that upper limb impairments in children with SBM are significant and have direct implications for the level of independent functioning in children with SBM. |
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