Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2019
Published Online: August 01, 2019
Updated: April 30, 2020
Tracking Changes in Postural Symmetry Using Pressure Mapping Systems in Children With Cerebral Palsy Receiving Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
Aaron Dallman, MS, OTR/L, MT-BC; Holly Holland, OTR/L, ATP, C/NDT; Margo Haynes, DPT, PT, PCS, C/NDT; Kerry Blazek, DPT, PT, PCS
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Spoken-4 Communications, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • NDT Pediatric Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Article Information
Neurologic Conditions / Pediatric Evaluation and Intervention / Prevention and Intervention
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2019
Tracking Changes in Postural Symmetry Using Pressure Mapping Systems in Children With Cerebral Palsy Receiving Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311515382. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8048
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2019, Vol. 73, 7311515382. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2019.73S1-PO8048
Abstract

Date Presented 04/06/19

This research explores how an eight-day CIMT camp improves postural symmetry in children with cerebral palsy. A pressure mapping system was used while participants engaged in functional static and dynamic tasks to assess how improvements in postural symmetry related to functional task performance. Improvements were found in both static sitting and standing tasks. The uses and feasibility of pressure mapping systems within clinical applications will also be explored.

Primary Author and Speaker: Aaron Dallman

Contributing Authors: Holly Holland, Margo Haynes, Kerry Blazek