Somatosensory discrimination impairment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy as measured by the sense_assess© kids

Abstract

Introduction: To characterise somatosensory discrimination impairment of the upper-limb across domains of tactile discrimination, limb position sense and haptic object recognition using the sense_assess© kids and examine associations with upper-limb motor performance in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Methods: The sense_assess© kids was administered at one timepoint to 28 children, aged 6–15.5 years (M = 10.1, SD = 2.4), with hemiplegic CP (right hemiplegia n = 15) and Manual Ability Classification System Levels I (n = 11) and II (n = 17). Unimanual motor performance was quantified using the Box and Block Test. Results: Tactile discrimination was impaired in 18, limb position s..