Visual motor rehabilitation in children with cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsied (CP) children were given intensive visuo-oculomotor training in order to improve their visuo-oculomotor control, using children's films as a visual stimulus. A comparative study was conducted on a group of normal children of the same age. Results showed that training does improve visuo-oculomotor system control as illustrated by (1) a marked increase in smooth pursuit precision and maximum velocity, (2) an improvement of saccadic movement precision and stability, and (3) a shortening of the saccadic reaction time. The highest performance was observed under conditions in which the child pointed at and followed the visuo-acoustic target with his arm extended.
D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D009988:Orthoptics / Q000379:methods*; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth; D012438:Saccades; D014796:Visual Perception