The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a clinical tool designed to evaluate change in gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy.
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Knowledge Brokering in Health Care
his Keeping Current provides an overview of the knowledge brokering literature and is intended to help researchers, service providers, managers and policy makers who are considering establishing knowle
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Hospital-based Comprehensive Care Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN): A Systematic Review
Comprehensive hospital-based programs for CSHCN aim to: streamline care, improve health outcomes, and support families and primary care providers.
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What is the evidence of the effectiveness of strengthening for children with cerebral palsy aged 4-18 years?
Muscle weakness is commonly seen in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and can impact on their activities and participation in daily life situations.
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Ensuring intervention fidelity in rehabilitation research
Fidelity to treatment or intervention fidelity refers to the degree to which an intervention or program is delivered as intended.
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Enhancing Fitness, Adaptive Motor Function, and Participation of Children with Cerebral Palsy Classified in Levels IV and V
This report will address adaptive motor function of children with cerebral palsy. Adaptive motor function enables performance of activities in daily life despite limitations in motor control of posture and movement.
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Dynamic Systems Theory: A Framework for Exploring Readiness to Change in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) is a theory of motor development that can be applied to the management of children with Cerebral Palsy.
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Disability and Child Development: Integrating the Concepts
The purpose of this Keeping Current is to review the concern that, rather than being integrated, these two streams (“development” and “disability”) of thought have traditionally run more or less in parallel.
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Decision-making about Assistive Technology Interventions in Children with Disabilities: Considerations for Service Providers Working with Families
Assistive technologies include devices that are really tools, equipment, or services designed to compensate for, or enhance the function of, some physical, cognitive or environmental limitation(s).
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An Update on Constraint Therapy in Children with Hemiplegia
Constraint therapy aims to improve the hand and arm use of children with hemiplegia. It involves physical constraint of the uninvolved or less affected arm to increase the use of the more involved or affected arm.
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