Anteroposterior balance reactions in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
Jeremy R CrenshawDrew A PetersenBenjamin C ConnerJames B TracyJamie PigmanHenry G WrightFreeman MillerCurtis L JohnsonChristopher M ModleskyPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2020)
Children with spastic cerebral palsy have age- and direction-specific balance-reaction impairments. Lower anterior stepping thresholds were observed in older, but not younger children. Older typically developing children withheld a forward step at higher levels of instability. No between-group differences were seen in posterior stepping thresholds.