22/04/2026
This is why in my PhD, we are investigating how to objectively measure postural control🤓
How can we do that with technology - feasibly, reliably, and with accuracy
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When you don’t define what “better” means, compensation will happily fill the gap.
A child who’s suddenly sitting taller, walking farther, or tolerating a walker longer can look like a win—until you notice they’re hanging on ligaments, fixing in global extension, or propping harder with their arms. That’s not durable postural control; it’s the body finding any strategy it can to survive the task.
If we don’t have a clear way to measure where control is improving (and where it isn’t), we risk calling those workarounds “progress” and building treatment plans on a mirage.
Good assessment of trunk posture goes beyond “more upright.” It asks: Which segments are actually more organized? Is extension more selective and less global? Can this child tolerate load and small perturbations without immediately stiffening, collapsing, or grabbing support? When you track those specifics over time, you can tell the difference between true neuromotor change and a strategy that’s just getting more efficient.
Pediatric Trunk Posture: The Significance of Extension is built to support that kind of thinking. It gives you a structured, science‑based way to observe trunk patterns, define meaningful targets, and monitor whether your interventions are creating real, load‑tolerant control—or just teaching kids to compensate in more convincing ways.
Enroll today for only $38 at ccl.gaitways.com.
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