Johanna Kinderfonds awarded a grant of € 40.000 for a study to determine the effect of wearing orthoses on (the complexity of) motor control of walking in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP), before the development of their gait pattern.
If shown that motor control of walking in young children with CP can be changed, it might not only improve their daily functioning, but it allows for optimization of complexity motor control before future interventions. This could reduce medical costs by shortening rehabilitation time and the need for walking aids.
Applicants of the grant are: Marije Goudriaan (VU, FGB), Nadia Dominici (VU, FGB), Andreas Daffertshofer (VU, FGB) Annemieke Buizer (CP Centre of Expertise, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc), Marjolein van der Krogt (CP Centre of Expertise, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc).
