The motor deficits that characterize cerebral palsy (CP), results from brain damage of the motor area that occurs before the age of two years. Decades of neurorehabilitation research have proven that the partially damaged brain can efficiently relearn, and that optimal recovery requires intensive task-specific practice. We hypothesize that motor improvement in everyday activities is basically determined by motor learning through repetitions of motor adaptation and through the ability of the brain to make motor generalization. In the current project, we aim to investigate whether long–term conventional motor rehabilitation during walking on a split-belt treadmill can promote motor learning in patients with cerebral palsy.
