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OTs may help children with hemiplegia with tasks such as improving hand function, strengthening hand, shoulder and torso, and eating skills. In schools they evaluate children’s abilities, recommend and provide therapy, modify classroom equipment, and in general, help children participate as fully as possible in school programs and activities. Traditionally, for children with hemiplegia, the occupational therapist works with the child's upper extremity.
American Occupational Therapy Association offers a feature called "Find an Occupational Therapist"
Big Strokes for Little Folks Occupational Therapy LinksA detailed analysis of the planning and execution of prehension movements by three adolescents with spastic hemiparesis due to cerebral palsy. June 2004. The Netherlands
How do strength, sensation, spasticity and joint individuation relate to the reaching deficits of people with chronic hemiparesis?. May 2004. Baltimore, MD.
A detailed analysis of the planning and execution of prehension movements by three adolescents with spastic hemiparesis due to cerebral palsy. June 2004. The Netherlands
Constraints on grip selection in hemiparetic cerebral palsy: effects of lesional side, end-point accuracy, and context. April 2004. The Netherlands
Intraobserver reliability of the modified Tardieu scale in the upper limb of children with hemiplegia. April 2004. New Zealand.
Electrostimulation at sensory level improves function of the upper extremities in children with cerebral palsy: a pilot study Feb. 2004. Finland
Object release under varying task constraints in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Hand function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: prospective follow-up and functional outcome in adolescence. Italy. Feb. 2003
Forced use treatment of childhood hemiparesis, 2002
Comparing tests of tactile sensibility: aspects relevant to testing children with spastic hemiplegia, Sept. 2002, Sweden.
Bilateral facilitation of motor control in chronic hemipleia, 2002.
Intact motor imagery in chronic upper limb hemiplegics: evidence for activity-independent action representations, Aug. 2002
Forced use treatment of childhood hemiparesis, July 2002. 12 participants, ages 1 to 8 years. Louisiana.
The effects of botulinum toxin treatment on associated reactions of the upper limb on hemiplegic gait-a pilot study, July 2002
Electrical stimulation plus bilateral training have additive effects in hemiparesis, 2002
Effects of a functional therapy program on motor abilities of children with cerebral palsy 2002
Constraint-induced therapy for stroke: more of the same or something completely different? 2002
Management of upper limb dysfunction in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review , Nov. 2001, presents the results of a systematic review of the literature on the management of upper limb dysfunction in children with CP.
Effects of functional electric stimulation on upper limb motor function and shoulder range of motion in adult hemiplegic patients
Stroke patients' and therapists' opinions of constraint-induced movement therapy
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