ReviewBrain sciences2021
Upper Limb Motor Planning in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy Aged between 3 and 21 Years Old: A Systematic Review.
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- Eye-hand coordination during upper limb motor tasks in individuals with or without a neurodevelopmental disorder: a systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Usability of a virtual reality circle drawing task to assess upper-limb motor performance in children and young people with cerebral palsy: pilot study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal kinematic parameters reflect spasticity level during forward reaching in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: correlation and regression analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Electrical Stimulation on Upper Limb Function in Children and Young People with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- A Single-Button Mobility Platform for Cause-Effect Learning in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effect of Core Stabilization Exercises on Upper Extremity Function and Balance in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dynamic Task-Related Changes in Electroencephalography Brain Connectivity During a Button-Press Task in Children with and Without Bilateral Cerebral Palsy.Brain connectivity · 2025Article
- Feedforward control in children with cerebral palsy and association with white matter integrity.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Aberrant preparation of hand movement in schizophrenia spectrum disorder: an fMRI study.Brain communications · 2025Article
- Robotic assessment of bilateral and unilateral upper limb functions in adults with cerebral palsy.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Validation of the Kinematic Assessment Protocol Used in the Technology-Supported Neurorehabilitation System, Rehabilitation Technologies for Hand and Arm (R3THA™), in Children and Teenagers with Cerebral Palsy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Relationship between somatosensory and visuo-perceptual impairments and motor functions in adults with hemiparetic cerebral palsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Children With Bilateral Cerebral Palsy Exhibit Bimanual Asymmetric Motor Deficits and EEG Evidence of Dominant Sensorimotor Hemisphere Overreliance During Reaching.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023Article
- Combining Unimanual and Bimanual Therapies for Children with Hemiparesis: Is There an Optimal Delivery Schedule?Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Anticipatory Motor Planning and Control of Grasp in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Individuals with cerebral palsy have difficulties performing activities of daily living. Beyond motor execution impairments, they exhibit motor planning deficits contributing to their difficulties. The objective of this review is to synthesize the behavioral evidence of motor planning deficits during an upper limb motor task in children, adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy aged between 3 and 21 years.
methodsThe inclusion criteria were: (1) including individuals with cerebral palsy from 3 to 21 years old; (2) assessing upper limb motor planning. Six databases were screened. The quality assessment of the studies was performed.
resultsForty-six studies and 686 participants were included. Five articles have been identified as very high quality, 12 as high, 20 as moderate, six as low, three as very low. Force planning studies reported a deficit for the more affected hand but adequate performances for the less affected hand. Object-manipulation studies reported hand posture planning deficits irrespectively of the hand assessed.
conclusionsMotor planning deficits has been shown in the more affected hand for force scaling, while the results for other variables showed overall deficits. Hence, variables affected by motor planning deficits in both hands should be considered in children with cerebral palsy to optimize intervention.
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