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Letter School App
Letter School is an app that was just released. I just tested it out because it looked so interesting. I have to admit I am pretty impressed for $2.99 (there is even a free version so you can test it out yourself before buying). Here is what it has to offer: different fonts to practice […]
Move and Play Results for Children with Cerebral Palsy
The Move and PLAY study was conducted from 2006-2009 in order to understand determinants of motor abilities, self-care, and play of young children with cerebral palsy. Over a one year period 430 children were followed. There are three research summaries currently available on the Can Child website – Conceptual Model of the Move and PLAY […]
Use of Thumb Splint in Children with Hemiplegia
Clinical Rehabilitation published research on the functional abilities of 7 children (ages 2-7) with unilateral cerebral palsy who used a neoprene thumb opponens splint (McKie splint). The children were followed for 4 months – about one month baseline, 2 months intervention and one month follow up. Goal attainment scaling and visual analog scales were used […]
Wii Jogging for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy
I am highly interested in the Wii and its use in rehabilitation. In a high priced market of therapy products the Wii comes in at a dirt cheap price. There are many university students who are working on “hacking” in the Wii remotes to be able to adapt them for different activities and motion analysis. […]
Growing Pains and Somatosensory Dysfunction
A recent study in the Journal of Pain Research researched how children with growing pains responded to various sensory inputs. Thirty three children, ages 5-12, with a history of growing pains underwent sensory response testing to touch, dynamic brush, cold, vibration, and deep pressure applied to limb and abdominal sites. The results indicated that children […]
Brain Correcting Bumps To Body
An interesting study was published in Nature about how the human body corrects itself when knocked by an external blow. The scientists discovered that the pathway of the primary motor cortex provides this information for limb correction. One of the researchers states that “the corrective movement pathway works by limiting and correcting the domino effect […]
A Farewell to Handwriting?
Check out this CBS news story entitled A Farewell to Handwriting? Great video to show to start a discussion at school districts debating between handwriting, cursive and keyboarding.
FREE PVC Assistive Tech Book
Came across a great free resource on how to make adapted equipment using PVC. This is a 57 page book with detailed instructions on how to make many projects such as adapted writing aids, eye gaze frame, sand/water table and so many more. Great find from Adapting Creatively Blog (original blog post). Here is a […]
Support Walker Survey
Pediatric Physical Therapy published the results of a survey completed by 513 pediatric physical therapists who use support walkers. Support walkers were used most often to improve mobility, gait, participation at school and socialization with peers. In general, the devices were used for one month as a trial period before purchasing. This was followed by […]
Pinterest
Wanted to mention about the new social networking site Pinterest. It is basically a virtual board where people categorize different ideas and activities. My description is the following – it is a people driven search engine instead of a computer driven search engine. So if a person finds an activity on the internet that they […]