Neuromotor examination in unilateral cerebral palsy: Bilateral impairments in different levels of motor integration.

Applied Neuropsychology. Child
Deisiane Oliveira SoutoVitor Geraldi Haase

Abstract

Unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) usually results in damage to the unilateral pyramidal system. However, the clinical presentation of neuromotor deficits also suggests lesions to the extrapyramidal and cerebellar systems bilaterally. In this study, we developed and tested a behavioral neuromotor examination protocol assessing impairments at three levels of motor integration for children with UCP, also considering impairments of the non-paretic upper limb as well as the influences of the laterality of the lesion. We included 30 children with UCP (10.79 ± 2.61 years) and 60 healthy children (8.27 ± 1.57 years) in the study. All children were assessed on general cognitive ability and classified according to the manual ability classification system (MACS). Our neuromotor examination protocol incorporated specific tasks for each level of motor integration: pyramidal, extrapyramidal and cerebellar. Children with UCP and controls did not differ with respect to general cognitive abilities and sex but children with UCP were significantly older. Controls performed significantly better than children with UCP on neuromotor tasks at all levels of motor integration. Additionally, performance of the non-plegine hand in children with UCP was sig...Continue Reading

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