Twelve cerebral palsied children were exposed to 16 sessions of horizontal and vertical semicircular canal stimulation over a four-week period in order to determine the effectiveness of this form of stimulation as a therapeutic procedure. A control group of 11 cerebral palsied children was included. A quantitative evaluation of a series of reflexes and of gross motor skills showed a highly significant degree of improvement following the four weeks of treatment. A qualitative evaluation of each subject corroborated these findings and suggested improvements in fine motor control and in social/emotional behavior. A possible central nervous system mechanism underlying the improvement in motor skills is discussed.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Chee1978
%A Chee, F. K.
%A Kreutzberg, J. R.
%A Clark, D. L.
%D 1978
%J Phys Ther
%K Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Handling (Psychology); Humans; Motor Skills; Posture; Reflex; Semicircular Canals
%N 9
%P 1071--1075
%T Semicircular canal stimulation in cerebral palsied children.
%V 58
%X Twelve cerebral palsied children were exposed to 16 sessions of horizontal and vertical semicircular canal stimulation over a four-week period in order to determine the effectiveness of this form of stimulation as a therapeutic procedure. A control group of 11 cerebral palsied children was included. A quantitative evaluation of a series of reflexes and of gross motor skills showed a highly significant degree of improvement following the four weeks of treatment. A qualitative evaluation of each subject corroborated these findings and suggested improvements in fine motor control and in social/emotional behavior. A possible central nervous system mechanism underlying the improvement in motor skills is discussed.
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abstract = {Twelve cerebral palsied children were exposed to 16 sessions of horizontal and vertical semicircular canal stimulation over a four-week period in order to determine the effectiveness of this form of stimulation as a therapeutic procedure. A control group of 11 cerebral palsied children was included. A quantitative evaluation of a series of reflexes and of gross motor skills showed a highly significant degree of improvement following the four weeks of treatment. A qualitative evaluation of each subject corroborated these findings and suggested improvements in fine motor control and in social/emotional behavior. A possible central nervous system mechanism underlying the improvement in motor skills is discussed.},
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author = {Chee, F. K. and Kreutzberg, J. R. and Clark, D. L.},
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keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Handling (Psychology); Humans; Motor Skills; Posture; Reflex; Semicircular Canals},
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title = {Semicircular canal stimulation in cerebral palsied children.},
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