Effects of elastic therapeutic taping on motor function in children with motor impairments: a systematic review.

Background: The elastic therapeutic taping has been considered a promising resource for disabled children.

Objective: To systematically review the evidence of the effects of elastic therapeutic taping on motor function in children with motor impairments.

Method: Three independent evaluators conducted searches in electronic databases (MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, LILACS, BIREME/BVS, Science Direct, SciELO, and PEDro).

A Novel Device for Grasping Assessment during Functional Tasks: Preliminary Results.

This paper presents a methodology and first results obtained in a study with a novel device that allows the analysis of grasping quality. Such a device is able to acquire motion information of upper limbs allowing kinetic of manipulation analysis as well. A pilot experiment was carried out with six groups of typically developing children aged between 5 and 10 years, with seven to eight children in each one.