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CP-PALS
 M29-023 funded by MERC USAID
 
The overall aim is to raise awareness of, and promote, a physically active lifestyle for Middle East teenagers with disabilities due to cerebral palsy (CP) by means of a collaborative Jordanian-Israeli-Palestinian applied research project. Specific objectives include:
 
  1. Evaluation of baseline levels of physical activity in large populations of children and teenagers with CP in the communities of the participating countries by long-term monitoring by accelerometers.
  2. Conducting a randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of an “experimental” physical training program with a treadmill training program in two groups. The experimental training program is based on results of recent motor control studies, as well as the “motor learning” approach to facilitate transfer and retention of learned walking activities.
 
 
 
 
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