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Volume 87, Issue 12 , Pages 1623-1629 , December 2006

Assessment of Seated Postural Control in Children: Comparison of a Force Platform Versus a Pressure Mapping System

Michèle Lacoste, BSc, OT
- Gait and Posture Laboratory, Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
Marc Therrien, BSc
- Gait and Posture Laboratory, Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Julie N. Côté, PhD
- Gait and Posture Laboratory, Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ian Shrier, MD
- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
Hubert Labelle, MD
- Gait and Posture Laboratory, Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
François Prince, PhD
- Gait and Posture Laboratory, Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Correspondence to François Prince, PhD, Laboratoire de Posture et de Locomotion, Centre de réadaptation Marie Enfant, 5200 rue Bélanger E, Montréal, QC H1T 1C9, Canada

Experimental setup.

Experimental setup.
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Displacement of the COP in AP in a typical subject during a reaching task.

Displacement of the COP in AP in a typical subject during a reaching task.
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Sample of data recorded by the FSA, showing that fewer sensors are activated in the ML direction than in the AP.

Sample of data recorded by the FSA, showing that fewer sensors are activated in the ML direction than in the AP.
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Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. IMH-60915), and Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01327-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.344

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