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Author summary on stakeholder perspectives of pediatric powered wheelchair standing devices.
It is important to understand how spasticity can impact the muscles and the know what treatments are available to help.
Early powered mobility has been shown to improve cognition in children with multiple, complex disabilities.
Cerebral Palsy affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. Depending on the part of the brain that is injured depends on how someone’s muscle tone will be effected. For people with spastic CP they have increased muscle tone because of the part of the brain that's injured. If causes very tight muscles which in turn effects the movement of the joints and of the limbs. For others who have dyskinetic CP they lose the ability to have voluntary control over their muscles, and they can have jerky and uncontrolled movement patterns.