Our team have been involved in the application to SENSe therapy for children with cerebral palsy who experience impaired body sensations. This has included adaptation of our quantitative measures of somatosensation as well as application of sense principles for children with cerebral palsy. The core of this work is being led by Professor Catherine Elliot and the team in Western Australia in collaboration with Professor Carey and the SENSe team.
Please see below to links and publications.
References
McLean, B., Girdler, S., Taylor, S., Valentine, J., Carey, L., & Elliott, C. (2019). Experience of engagement in a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy: A qualitative investigation. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 22(5), 348-358. doi:10.1080/17518423.2018.1503620
Taylor, S., Girdler, S. McCutcheon, S., McLean, B., Parsons, R., Falkmer, T., Jacoby, P., Carey, L.M.*, Elliott, C. (2019). Haptic exploratory procedures of children and youth with and without cerebral palsy. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 39(3), 337-351, DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2018.1477228
McLean, B., Blakeman, M., Carey, L.M., Ward, R., Novak, I., Valentine, J., Blair, E., Taylor, S., Bear, N., Bynevelt, M., et al. (2018). Discovering the sense of touch: protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. BMC Pediatrics, 18(252). doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1217-5
Taylor, S., Girdler, S., Parsons, R., McLean, B., Falkmer, T., Carey, L.M., Blair, E. & Elliot, C. (2018). Construct validity and responsiveness of the functional Tactile Object Recognition Test for children with cerebral palsy. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(5), 420-430. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12508
Taylor, S., McClean, B., Blair, E., Carey, L.M., Valentine, J., Girdler, S. & Elliot, C. (2018). Clinical acceptability of the sense_assess © kids: children and youth perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(2), 79-88. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12429
Walmsley, C. Taylor, S., McClean, B., Carey, L.M. & Elliot., C. (2018). What is the current practice of therapists in the measurement of somatosensation in children with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(2), 89-97. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12431
McLean, B., Taylor, S., Blair, E., Valentine, J., Carey, L.M. & Elliott, C. (2017). Somatosensory discrimination intervention improves body position sense, and motor performance for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(3), 7103190060. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2016.024968
Taylor, S., McLean, B., Falkmer, T., Carey, L.M., Girdler, S., Blair, E. & Elliot, C. (2016). Does somatosensation change with age in children and adolescents? A systematic review. Child: Care, Health & Development, 42(6), 809-824. doi: 10.1111/cch.12375