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Brain Lateralization In Children With Upper‑Limb Reduction Deficiency, Jorge Zuniga, James E. Pierce, Christopher Copeland, Claudia Cortes‑Reyes, David Salazar, Yingying Wang, K. M. Arun, Theodore Huppert
Brain Lateralization In Children With Upper‑Limb Reduction Deficiency, Jorge Zuniga, James E. Pierce, Christopher Copeland, Claudia Cortes‑Reyes, David Salazar, Yingying Wang, K. M. Arun, Theodore Huppert
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications
Background: The purpose of the current study was to determine the influence of upper-limb prostheses on brain activity and gross dexterity in children with congenital unilateral upper-limb reduction deficiencies (ULD) compared to typically developing children (TD). Methods: Five children with ULD (3 boys, 2 girls, 8.76 ± 3.37 years of age) and five age- and sex-matched TD children (3 boys, 2 girls, 8.96 ± 3.23 years of age) performed a gross manual dexterity task (Box and Block Test) while measuring brain activity (functional near-infrared spectroscopy; fNIRS). Results: There were no significant differences (p = 0.948) in gross dexterity …