Fingertip forces during object manipulation in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. I: Anticipatory scaling

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M Gordon ◽  
Susan V Duff
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Object Manipulation ◽  
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Fingertip Forces

Object release under varying task constraints in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M Gordon ◽  
Sarah R Lewis ◽  
Ann-Christin Eliasson ◽  
Susan V Duff
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Task Constraints ◽  
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

DESIGN APPROACH TO REHABILITATION: DEVELOPING THERAPY ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR CHILDREN WITH HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 307
Author(s):  
G.Y.A. Shanya I. Perera ◽  
W.M.N. Dilshani Ranasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Constructive Feedback ◽  
Children With Disability ◽  
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy

Therapy plays an important role in rehabilitation of children suffering from physical disabilities. Disability conditions like Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy require vigorous therapy measures, which could be unappealing to children. Using therapy assistive products for rehabilitation can make therapy activities engaging and appealing to children and yield effective outcomes. However, there is limited availability of context based therapy assistive products, which are engaging, and appealing to children suffering from Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. This study explores how design methodology can be used to develop therapy assistive products for rehabilitation of children with disability. The study is based on developing a set of therapy assistive products to improve the hand-skills of children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. Developing therapy assistive products require comprehensive understanding of therapeutic aspects, design aspects and careful integration of the two disciplines. Hence, practicing multidisciplinary and participatory design approaches in the design process is imperative. Usability of therapy assistive products are highly impactive in nature, and therefore an iterative process of prototyping, testing, receiving constructive feedback and developing the products based on feedback should be adopted to achieve feasible and  functional outcomes.

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