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Children Are Getting Weaker
A recent study published in Acta Paediatrica indicated that English children have become weaker over the last decade. In 2008, the physical fitness of 315 ten year olds was compared to 308 ten year olds in 1998. The height to weight ratio (BMI) was the same for both groups of 10 year old children. The […]
Standing Program and Cerebral Palsy
Pediatric Physical Therapy published research on the effect of weight-bearing in abduction and extension on hip stability in children with cerebral palsy. Three non ambulatory children with cerebral palsy post surgery participated in a standing program with hips in maximum abduction and hip and knee extension. Following one year of the standing program the three […]
Change the Task Not the Child
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research on context therapy for children with cerebral palsy. Therapists were trained that in order to achieve parent identified functional goals for the child the therapist was to change the task and/or the environment rather than change the abilities of the child. A three step intervention process was established. […]
Motor Activity, Memory and Attention in Preschoolers
BMC Pediatrics published research that analyzed aerobic fitness, motor skills, dynamic balance, working memory and attention in 254 ethnically diverse preschoolers (mean age 5.2 years). Baseline data was collected along with data 9 months later. The results indicated the following: a cross sectional analysis indicated that aerobic fitness level was associated with better attention cross […]
Sensory Research
Came across this website that has a good compilation of research on sensory processing – sensoryprocessing.info. The author lists many sensory processing research reports over the past 10 years that were published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. It is an informative website for parents for activity suggestions in the home as well. Of […]
Exploring Spaces and Body Awareness
Many pediatric occupational and physical therapists work with children who exhibit decreased sensory processing such as decreased body awareness, motor planning and proprioception. These difficulties of sensing where a child is in space can interfere with motor skill development, peer interaction and safety. We are all familiar with therapy sessions that focus on proprioceptive input, […]
Make Your Own iPad Apps
I was so excited when I learned from @lloydcrew on Twitter about this app that allows you to mark up pdf’s on your iPad. Basically this free app allows you to mark and draw on the iPad with pdf documents. Therefore, if any of you have ordered some of our visual motor electronic books you […]
Oral and Fine Motor Video Activity
Here is a fun outdoor activity to encourage oral motor, fine motor and eye hand coordination skills using bubbles and household items.
BMI and Gross Motor Skills
Pediatric Physical Therapy published research on the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and gross motor skill level in children. Fifty typically developing 3-5 year old children were evaluated with the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales. Of those 50 children, 24% were overweight/obese with 54% scoring below average on the PDMS in that group. Whereas only […]
Hippotherapy and Gait
The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation published research on the effects of hippotherapy on 32 children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. The children received 2, 30 minute sessions, of hippotherapy for 8 weeks. Walking speed, stride length, and pelvic kinematics (average pelvic anterior tilt, pelvic anterior tilt at initial contact, pelvic anterior tilt at […]