How Does Postural Control of Children with CP Deal with Manipulations on Base of Support and Support Surface? A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT

Aims

Systematically review literature addressing the effects of changes in base of support (BoS) configuration and characteristics of support surface (SS) on postural control of children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods

We conducted a tailored electronic database search in PubMed/Web of Science/SCOPUS/Embase.

Results

We identified 15 studies meeting inclusion criteria.

Conclusion

The extant literature suggests that when children with CP experience changes in BoS and SS, they engage in fewer adaptive postural control responses than typically developing children. Documented response patterns of children with CP in the literature might guide the selection and development of rehabilitation strategies to appropriately facilitate or challenge postural control in children with CP.

KEYWORDS:

• Base of support
• cerebral palsy
• postural control
• support surface

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Supplementary material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2024.2348002

Additional information

Funding

The work was supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).