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. 2013 Sep 15;8(26):2478-83.
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.26.009.

Differences in standing balance between patients with diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Valeska Gatica Rojas  1 , Guillermo Méndez Rebolledo  2 , Eduardo Guzman Muñoz  3 , Natalia Ibarra Cortés  4 , Caterine Berrios Gaete  4 , Carlos Manterola Delgado  5
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Differences in standing balance between patients with diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Valeska Gatica Rojas et al. Neural Regen Res. .

Abstract

Maintaining standing postural balance is important for walking and handling abilities in patients with cerebral palsy. This study included 23 patients with cerebral palsy (seven with spastic diplegia and 16 with spastic hemiplegia), aged from 7 to 16 years of age. Standing posture balance measurements were performed using an AMTI model OR6-7 force platform with the eyes open and closed. Patients with diplegic cerebral palsy exhibited greater center of pressure displacement areas with the eyes open and greater center of pressure sway in the medial-lateral direction with the eyes open and closed compared with hemiplegic patients. Thus, diplegic patients exhibited weaker postural balance control ability and less standing stability compared with hemiplegic cerebral palsy patients.

Keywords: center of pressure; cerebral palsy; children; diplegia; grants-supported paper; hemiplegia; neural regeneration; neuroregeneration; postural balance; postural control.

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