Thesis
In this experiment the sensory processes that will be analyzed are the balance process, and its impact on the balance of school-age cerebral palsy children, in order to create a new mechanism to aid the. This study is socially relevant, because it helps parents to manipulate balance mechanisms, in order to aid their children to use other mechanisms to move around their environment. For instance, this would allow children who suffer from cerebral palsy to have a similar experience as the individuals who can use their muscles to move. The unsolved problem this study will unravel is the elongated time that it takes for a variety of physically disadvantaged children, who suffer from cerebral palsy, to transport and be physically independent …show more content…
Furthermore, this study consists on experimenting how the use of a teeter popper balance therapy could help children with cerebral palsy improve their physical balance. In this experiment a group of 30 children from ages 8 year-olds to 12 year-olds who suffer of cerebral palsy, will be given therapy with the teeter popper rehabilitation 3 times per week during the 10-month duration of the experiment. Furthermore, this group was compared to a group that received their normal therapy, in order to see how the new therapy has changed their balance abilities.
Introduction
The topic of interest of this investigation is to enhance the balancing abilities of school-aged children who suffer from cerebral palsy, in order to increase their mobility, and to help them become more independent in life. To achieve this goal, different studies that have utilized other methods to help the children who suffer this condition have been found. An example of the various studies is the study pertaining to the developmental medicine and child neurology researchers of a peer-reviewed journal. This volume is called “The measure of balance skills: a new tool for measurement of reactive and anticipatory balance in …show more content…
The results of this study support this statement, because the children who underwent through the therapy with the teeter popper achieved a higher amount of time, and accomplished more given steps than the children who experienced their normal therapy. This finding solves a major problem in the field of occupational therapy, because now there is a better way to help the children who suffer hemiplegia to walk effectively. For instance, the investigations of Biasotto Gonzalez and his colleagues trained cerebral palsy patients with a treadmill, however, this device does not include the balancing necessity that the teeter popper device does. Furthermore, the teeter popper device makes patients to exert more effort while training in it. This is because the teeter popper is not a plane device, but a curved one. However, the treadmill is a plane device that only makes hemiplegia patients to move forward, but does not make them exert the same effort as the teeter popper. Nevertheless, some problems with this study are that the participants of the experimental group were limited to the tri-state area of New York City. Also, the experiment was limited to children who are more plastic and trainable, and whose bodies are more flexible to train. In future experiments there should be a comparison between the children that have flexible bodies, and adults
In this experiment the sensory processes that will be analyzed are the balance process, and its impact on the balance of school-age cerebral palsy children, in order to create a new mechanism to aid the. This study is socially relevant, because it helps parents to manipulate balance mechanisms, in order to aid their children to use other mechanisms to move around their environment. For instance, this would allow children who suffer from cerebral palsy to have a similar experience as the individuals who can use their muscles to move. The unsolved problem this study will unravel is the elongated time that it takes for a variety of physically disadvantaged children, who suffer from cerebral palsy, to transport and be physically independent …show more content…
Furthermore, this study consists on experimenting how the use of a teeter popper balance therapy could help children with cerebral palsy improve their physical balance. In this experiment a group of 30 children from ages 8 year-olds to 12 year-olds who suffer of cerebral palsy, will be given therapy with the teeter popper rehabilitation 3 times per week during the 10-month duration of the experiment. Furthermore, this group was compared to a group that received their normal therapy, in order to see how the new therapy has changed their balance abilities.
Introduction
The topic of interest of this investigation is to enhance the balancing abilities of school-aged children who suffer from cerebral palsy, in order to increase their mobility, and to help them become more independent in life. To achieve this goal, different studies that have utilized other methods to help the children who suffer this condition have been found. An example of the various studies is the study pertaining to the developmental medicine and child neurology researchers of a peer-reviewed journal. This volume is called “The measure of balance skills: a new tool for measurement of reactive and anticipatory balance in …show more content…
The results of this study support this statement, because the children who underwent through the therapy with the teeter popper achieved a higher amount of time, and accomplished more given steps than the children who experienced their normal therapy. This finding solves a major problem in the field of occupational therapy, because now there is a better way to help the children who suffer hemiplegia to walk effectively. For instance, the investigations of Biasotto Gonzalez and his colleagues trained cerebral palsy patients with a treadmill, however, this device does not include the balancing necessity that the teeter popper device does. Furthermore, the teeter popper device makes patients to exert more effort while training in it. This is because the teeter popper is not a plane device, but a curved one. However, the treadmill is a plane device that only makes hemiplegia patients to move forward, but does not make them exert the same effort as the teeter popper. Nevertheless, some problems with this study are that the participants of the experimental group were limited to the tri-state area of New York City. Also, the experiment was limited to children who are more plastic and trainable, and whose bodies are more flexible to train. In future experiments there should be a comparison between the children that have flexible bodies, and adults