Dev Med Child Neurol. 1991 Mar;33(3):246-56.

Improvement of functional sitting position for children with cerebral palsy.

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Boden College of Health and Caring Sciences, Sweden.

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Twenty-three children with cerebral palsy were photographed and video-filmed in six different sitting positions--including a hypothetical functional position--and the video-films and photographs were analysed. It was found that pathological movements were minimised and postural control and arm and hand function best when the child was sitting in a forward-tipped seat, with a firm backrest supporting the pelvis, arms supported against a table and feet permitted to move backward.

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Dev Med Child Neurol. 1991 Jul;33(7):648.

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