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Relationship between Trunk Position Sense and Trunk Control in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Shilpa MonicaAkshatha NayakAbraham M JoshuaPrasanna MithraSampath Kumar AmaravadiZulkifli MisriBhaskaran Unnikrishnan
Published in: Rehabilitation research and practice (2021)
Children with spastic CP with better trunk position sense had better trunk control. Similarly, children with higher functional performance had better trunk control and lesser error in trunk position sense. The current findings imply the relevance of proprioceptive training of the trunk for enhancing trunk motor control in children with spastic CP.
Keyphrases
  • cerebral palsy
  • lower limb
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • botulinum toxin
  • risk factors