Spinal Locomotor Output Maturation in Children with Cerebral Palsy

34 children with cerebral palsy (CP) were studied in a cross-sectional analysis of lower limb muscle activation and spinal motoneuron activity maps. The dataset compares these children to typically developing (TD) children, focusing on the period before and after independent walking. It was authored by Priscilla Avaltroni and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the maturation of neuromuscular modules based on muscle activation patterns
• Comparing spinal motoneuron activity maps between children with CP and typically developing children
• Studying the relationship between independent walking and the differentiation of proximal and distal extensor activity
• Investigating the role of corticospinal inputs in increasing the number of neuromuscular modules

Strengths

• Includes data from 34 children with cerebral palsy and a comparison group of typically developing children
• Analyzes activation of eighteen lower limb muscles and corresponding spinal maps

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study analyzing muscle activation and spinal maps.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 04:48:07