@article{f639156a1b5645f288bb33162b361672,
title = "Discovering the sense of touch: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy",
abstract = "Background: Of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, 75% have impaired somatosensory function, which contributes to learned non-use of the affected upper limb. Currently, motor learning approaches are used to improve upper-limb motor skills in these children, but few studies have examined the effect of any intervention to ameliorate somatosensory impairments. Recently, Sense",
keywords = "Cerebral palsy, Goal directed, Home program, Proprioception, Sensation, Somatosensory discrimination, Tactile, Upper-limb",
author = "Belinda McLean and Misty Blakeman and Leeanne Carey and Roslyn Ward and Iona Novak and Jane Valentine and Eve Blair and Susan Taylor and Natasha Bear and Michael Bynevelt and Emma Basc and Stephen Rose and Lee Reid and Kerstin Pannek and Jennifer Angeli and Karen Harpster and Catherine Elliott",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1186/s12887-018-1217-5",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
journal = "BMC Pediatrics",
issn = "1471-2431",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}