TY - BOOK AU - Doaa Ahmed Mahmoud Sanad AU - Ali Mustafa Abdulmonem , AU - Amira Mohamed Eltohamy , TI - Anticipatory postural adjustement during forward arm reaching from standing position in children with spastic diplegia / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Doaa Ahmed Mahmoud Sanad , KW - Anticipatory postural adjustment KW - EMG KW - Forward arm reaching N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Developmental Disorder in Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals with spastic diplegia exhibit anticipatory activation of postural muscles associated with voluntary arm movement while standing.Conclusion: These findings suggested that individuals with spastic diplegia have the ability to anticipate the effects of disturbance of posture and equilibrium caused by arm movement and reaching test and to activate postural muscles in advance of focal muscles. However the anticipatory increase in postural muscle activity is insufficient in individuals with spastic diplegia ER -