Working with children with cerebral palsy and their families across Australia, the CP Movetime research team developed and tested wearable sensors that are specifically suitable for children with cerebral palsy.
The project was designed to try and overcome the alarming statistic that these children can spend 96 per cent of their day seated or lying down by monitoring device measured sedentary behaviours in non-ambulant children and youth with cerebral palsy.
The project was made possible by Federal Government funding of more than $1.5 million from the 2021 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
By doing this, we will enable parents, caregivers and primary health practitioners including physiotherapists to have all the necessary tools to support children with cerebral palsy to have better health outcomes.
The project is in partnership with researchers from University of Queensland, University of WA, Edith Cowan University, University of Michigan (USA), Curtin University, Perth Children’s Hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Telethon Kids Institute, Healthy Strides Foundation, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Ability First Australia, Curve Tomorrow and Fibion Oy.
More information can be found - https://www.thekids.org.au/projects/cp-movetime/