Developmental perspective of sensory organization on postural control -S Hirabayashi, Y Iwasaki. Brain and development, 1995. Elsevier. ¹The development of sensory organization on postural control was studied using computerized dynamic posturography. Generalized postural stability increased with age but had not reached the adult level at the age of 15 years. The significance of each…

Stance posture control in select groups of children with cerebral palsy: deficits in sensory organization and muscular coordination. – LM Nashner, A Shumway-Cook, O Marin. Experimental Brain Research, 1983. Springer ²This study has focused upon the automatic components of posture and movement in a group of ten cerebral palsy children carefully selected to represent a spectrum of abnormalities relatively pure by clinical standards and ten age-matched normals…

Woollacott MH, Shumway-Cook A. 2005. Postural dysfunction during standing and walking in children with cerebral palsy: what are the underlying problems and what new therapies might improve balance? Neural Plast. 12(2-3): 211-219; discussion 263-72. Review. ³Abstract (edited by Beverly Cusick): The efficiency of balance recovery can be improved in children with CP, indicated by both a reduction in the total center of pressure path used during balance recovery and in the time to restabilize balance after training. Changes in muscle response characteristics contributing to improved recovery include reductions in time of contraction onset, improved muscle response organization, and reduced co-contraction of agonists/antagonists. Clinical implications include the suggestion that improvement in the ability to recover balance is possible in school age children with CP.

Motor development and the mind: The potential role of motor abilities as a determinant of aspects of perceptual development – E W Bushnell, JP Boudreau – Child development, 1993 – Wiley Online Library ⁴…has already been recognized in the case of two key motor “milestones” achieved during infancy… vastly increases the likelihood and salience of certain experiences for the infant; these experiences…

Early gross motor development of preterm infants according to the Alberta Infant Motor Scale – IC Van Haastert, LS De Vries, PJM Helders. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2006, Elsevier. ⁵… as many infants with low AIMS scores in early infancy subsequently present with …Alberta Infant Motor Scale: reliability and validity when used on preterm infants in Taiwan. …of 15-month motor and 18-month neurological outcomes of term infants with and…