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Stimulus Evaluation, Event Preparation, and Motor Action Planning in Young Patients With Mild Spastic Cerebral Palsy: An Event-Related Brain Potential Study
Jaap Van Der MeereSilja PirilaJukka KaartinenElina Hakkarainensubject
Malemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentContingent Negative VariationElectroencephalographyStimulus (physiology)event-related potentialsta3112spastic cerebral palsyCerebral palsyExecutive FunctionPhysical medicine and rehabilitationSpastic cerebral palsyEvent-related potentialReaction TimemedicineHumansAttentionChildSlownessta515Analysis of Variancemedicine.diagnostic_testCerebral PalsyBrainElectroencephalographyRecognition Psychologymedicine.diseaseta3124Contingent negative variationYOUTHPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthPhysical therapyreaction timesFemaleNeurology (clinical)Analysis of variancePsychologyPhotic StimulationPsychomotor Performancedescription
The study investigated stimulus evaluation time, event preparation, and motor action planning of patients with mild spastic cerebral palsy and a peer control group in the age range of 9 to 18 years. To this end, participants were carrying out a stimulus recognition task. Findings indicated an overall slowness and inaccurate reaction time performance of the patient group. An event-related potential analysis revealed that the stimulus evaluation processing, indexed by the parietal P300, was intact in the group of patients. Also event preparation and action planning, indexed by respectively the frontal late contingent negative variation and the frontal P2, were intact in the group of patients. It was concluded that patients’ motor slowness reflected poor motor execution processes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-01 |