title: [Technical aids for children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: A variety of Technical Aids have been developed and adapted for children with cerebral palsy. The most important objects of Technical Aids are positioning, locomotion and communication. Essencially, Technical Aids are based on assistive technologies, and must be applied to the activities of daily living and to habilitation for children with cerebral palsy by themselves, their family and the professional staff in institutions. It is necessary not only to develop new Technical Aids, but also to extend each adaptive measures and applied technologies for all local areas.
authors.affiliation: Kitakyushu Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigenari
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D012656:Self-Help Devices