Not onlycoordination problems in the noninvolved leg during platform
perturbations that involved both legs. Children with a
diagnosis of cerebral palsy also show increased antagonistic
muscle coactivation as compared with children with
typical motor development.3,4
Balance skills are an integral part of gross motor abilities
and poor balance causes difficulties with functional
tasks involved in activities of daily living. Balance deficits
in a functional context become an important issue in rehabilitation
and are often the focus of intervention. Therefore,
a reliable, valid and simple tool to measure functional
balance in children with cerebral palsy would be valuable
to clinicians involved in the rehabilitation of this
population.