Joystick-Operated Ride-On Toys as a Therapy Adjunct for a Child With Hemiplegia: A Case Report.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q3 PEDIATRICS

Pediatric Physical Therapy Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-27 DOI:10.1097/PEP.0000000000001209

Sudha Srinivasan, Vaishnavi Shahane, Patrick Kumavor, Kristin Morgan, Kathleen Friel

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Abstract

Purpose: This case report describes the feasibility, acceptance, and satisfaction associated with community-based implementation of a novel upper extremity (UE) training program using a joystick-operated powered ride-on toy with an 8-year-old male child with unilateral cerebral palsy(UCP).

Summary of key points: The 8-session, 1 month training program was feasible to implement in collaboration with the child's caregiver, was enjoyable and well-accepted by the child and his caregiver and associated with improvements in the child's affected UE motor function on participant-report and video-based measures.

Conclusion and recommendations for clinical practice: Ride-on toys are versatile, easy-to-operate, family-friendly tools that can be used across a variety of naturalistic settings. Intervention programs using joystick-operated ride-on toys may be used to create intrinsically motivating training opportunities to encourage children with UCP to spontaneously use their affected UE for task-oriented sensorimotor exploration of their physical environment and improve movement control in the affected UE.

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操纵杆操作的骑乘玩具作为偏瘫儿童的辅助治疗：一例报告。

目的：本病例报告描述了一种基于社区的新型上肢（UE）训练计划的可行性、可接受性和满意度，该计划使用操纵杆操作的电动骑乘玩具治疗一名8岁的单侧脑瘫（UCP）男童。要点总结：8期，1个月的培训计划是可行的，可以与儿童的照顾者合作实施，孩子和他的照顾者都很愉快和接受，并且根据参与者报告和基于视频的测量，儿童受影响的UE运动功能得到改善。结论和临床实践建议：骑乘玩具是多功能的，易于操作，家庭友好的工具，可以在各种自然环境中使用。使用操纵杆操作的骑乘玩具的干预计划可以用来创造内在激励的训练机会，以鼓励UCP儿童自发地使用他们受影响的UE进行任务导向的感觉运动探索他们的物理环境，并改善受影响UE的运动控制。

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Pediatric Physical Therapy PEDIATRICS-REHABILITATION

CiteScore

1.50

自引率

18.80%

发文量

147

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Pediatric Physical Therapy is an indexed international journal, that publishes peer reviewed research related to the practice of physical therapy for children with movement disorders. The editorial board is comprised of an international panel of researchers and clinical scholars that oversees a rigorous peer review process. The journal serves as the official journal for the pediatric physical therapy professional organizations in the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The journal includes articles that support evidenced based practice of physical therapy for children with neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and developmental conditions that lead to disorders of movement, and research reports that contribute to the foundational sciences of pediatric physical therapy, ranging from biomechanics and pediatric exercise science to neurodevelopmental science. To these ends the journal publishes original research articles, systematic reviews directed to specific clinical questions that further the science of physical therapy, clinical guidelines and case reports that describe unusual conditions or cutting edge interventions with sound rationale. The journal adheres to the ethical standards of theInternational Committee of Medical Journal Editors.