Development and content validation of the Upper Limb-Motor Learning Strategy Tool for cerebral palsy.

Purpose: To describe the development and content validation of the Upper Limb-Motor Learning Strategy Tool (UL-MLST) that aims to guide clinicians on how to implement and document the motor learning strategies used in the upper limb therapy approaches for children with cerebral palsy.

Methods: The study consists of two main stages (1) item generation and development and (2) content validation and refinement. The UL-MLST , and were developed by the authorship group in stage one.

Are they really motor learning therapies? A scoping review of evidence-based, task-focused models of upper limb therapy for children with unilateral cerebral palsy.

Purpose: To identify the specific motor learning (ML) theories underpinning evidence-based, task-focused upper limb models of therapy for children with unilateral cerebral palsy; and to document the strategies used in the operationalisation of these theories.

Material And Method: This scoping review searched for relevant studies using eight electronic databases. A list of 68 ML strategies and accompanying definitions was developed for data extraction.