Biomechanical and functional effects of shoulder kinesio taping® on cerebral palsy children interacting with virtual objects. Issue 6 (26th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: García-Hernández, N.; Corona-Cortés, J.; García-Fuentes, L.; González-Santibañez, R. Díaz; Parra-Vega, V.
• Is Part Of: Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. Volume 22:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 676
• Page End: 684
• Publication Date: 2019-04-26
• Subjects: Biomechanical analysis -- shoulder kinesio taping -- CP palsy -- virtual reaching task; Biomechanics -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomechanics -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- methods -- Periodicals; Computing Methodologies -- Periodicals; 612.7
• DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2019.1580361
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1025-5842

Abstract

Abstract: The reaching of objects is usually practiced by CP children in conventional or Virtual Reality-based therapies to enhance motor skill performance. Recently, Kinesio Taping® method has been studied to increase mechanical stability and improve functional movement of the upper limb; however, its influence on CP children´s upper limb motion has been rarely quantified due to lack of sensory measurement. Therefore, in this paper, we evaluate the biomechanical and functional effects of applying shoulder Kinesio Taping® on CP children in the reaching-transporting of virtual objects, by using a low-cost tracking device, exact robust differentiation of data and a simple nonlinear biomechanical dynamic model of the trunk and arm.