Comparison of the Balance of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Children with Normal Motor Development

Authors

  • Luciana Nakaya Fisioterapeuta, especialista em fisioterapia neurológica, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
  • Carla Mazzitelli Fisioterapeuta, Profa. Doutora, Curso de Fisioterapia Universidade Metodista – São Paulo, São Bernardo do Campo-SP, Brasil.
  • Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de Sá Fisioterapeuta, Profa. Doutora, Departamento de Ciências do Movimento Humano – UNIFESP- Campus Baixada Santista, Santos-SP, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/rnc.2013.v21.8138

Keywords:

Cerebral Palsy, Postural Balance, Physical Theraphy Specialty

Abstract

Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to neuromuscular deficit caused by a non-progressive lesion of the immature brain resulting in a clinical vari­ety, but presenting a common motor and sensory integration deficit. Objective. The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the per­formance of balance between hemiparetic spastic children with CP classified at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level I and normal development children in the same age by dynamic posturography. Results. As a result, we find similarity between both groups for the variables of postural stability and adjustment, and we could see greater difficulty of children with CP to maintain and re­stores balance in the anteroposterior axis, although the CP group un­der some conditions, performed better when compared to children in normal development. Conclusion. We conclude that the similari­ties found are due to the fact that both groups were still in neuronal maturation of postural control, and that children with CP had greater sway and displacement of the center of pressure in the anteroposterior direction.

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2013-12-31

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Nakaya, L., Mazzitelli, C., & Sá, C. dos S. C. de. (2013). Comparison of the Balance of Children with Cerebral Palsy and Children with Normal Motor Development. Revista Neurociências, 21(4), 510–519. https://doi.org/10.34024/rnc.2013.v21.8138

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