Citation:
McLean B, Taylor S, Valentine J, Carey L, Thornton A, Elliott C. Somatosensory discrimination impairment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy as measured by the sense_assess© kids. Aust Occup Ther J. 2021.
Keywords:
Cerebral palsy; proprioception; stereognosis; touch; touch perception; upper extremity
Abstract:
To characterise somatosensory discrimination impairment of the upper-limb across domains of tactile discrimination, limb position sense and haptic object recognition using the sense_assess© kids and examine associations with upper-limb motor performance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP).
Somatosensory discrimination impairment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy as measured by the sense_assess© kids
To characterise somatosensory discrimination impairment of the upper-limb across domains of tactile discrimination, limb position sense and haptic object recognition using the sense_assess© kids and examine associations with upper-limb motor performance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP).