In this article, the author talks about functional electrical stimulation in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is defined as the electrical stimulation of muscles that have impaired motor control, in order to produce a contraction to obtain functionally useful movement. It was first proposed in…

Aim: To investigate the relationships among the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), Manual Ability Classification System (MACS), and Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Using questionnaires describing each scale, mothers reported GMFCS, MACS, and CFCS levels in 222…

The selected bibliography of research on physically handicapped children, children with special health problems, and children with cerebral palsy contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings…

Presented alphabetically by author's name in the first of a two volume annotated bibliography are 602 abstracts of scientific and public education literature on cerebral palsy published through 1971. The entries are said to focus on children under 2 years of age whose development has been delayed by the condition. The bibliography is explained to…

Presented alphabetically by author's name in the second of the two volume annotated bibliography are 483 abstracts of scientific and public education literature on cerebral palsy published through 1971. The entries are said to focus on children under 2 years of age whose development has been delayed by the condition. The bibliography is explained…

Surveyed were the effects of religious beliefs on the emotional adjustment of 22 mothers and 14 fathers of cerebral palsied children 4 years of age or under. Subscription available from: Institutes of Religion and Health, 3 West 29th Street, New York, New York 10001. (DB)

The effects of proper positioning and prosthetic equipment on the acquisition of selected self-feeding skills were studied in a young cerebral palsy child, with an eye toward developing evaluation strategies and procedures that could be easily employed by a teacher or parent in a classroom or home setting. (Author/DLS)

Contrasted were the reported perceptions of maternal rearing using the Child's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory of 70 cerebral palsied and 70 non-disabled adolescents of similar sex, age, intelligence, and socioeconomic status; and evaluated was the impact of severity of physical impairment within the disabled group. (Author)

A field study involving 51 nonambulatory cerebral palsied children (6-13 years old) was conducted to plan analyses of covariance to compare Ss divided into two groups--Integrated Management of Cerebral Palsy project Ss and Conventionally Trained Ss. (SBH)