The prevention of spatial cognition disorders in the child with cerebral palsy: contributions of the biomechanic of the movement

Because the lesion occurs when the cerebral system did not complete its maturation, one cannot envisage the consequence of a cerebral palsy on the motor development nor on the psychological development. To succeed in the modelization of the motricity of children with cerebral palsy, the theorical approaches of the biomechanic of movement are relevant rather than approaches of neurosciences in which the movement is the product of a central programming. The aim of the paper is to show an original way of work for the investigation of the nature of the link which exists between the quality of the gesture production and the space organization disorders. If this link is confirmed we will be able to care in a preventive way in young children with cerebral palsy. It will be possible to identify precociously the motor patterns and to consider the accompaniment and the shoring of the motor experience. (C) 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits reserves.