%0 Journal Article %1 Bellers1977 %A Bellers, G. %A Kalbe, U. %D 1977 %J Rehabilitation (Stuttg) %K Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Costs and Cost Analysis; Germany, West; Humans; Occupational Therapy; Self-Help Devices %N 2 %P 81--84 %T Some thoughts on the adaptation of technical aids for children with cerebral palsy (author's transl) %V 16 %X The technical aids used by children undergoing inpatient treatment at a centre for the cerebral palsied were critically assessed over a one-year period. Of the evaluated technical aids 50\% were optimal for the child under consideration, the remainder was inappropriate for one or more reasons. The most frequent amongst the non-optimal were either not medically prescribed or adequately adapted and tested. The children in question are hence threatened with unnecessary deformations, an insufficient utilisation of their development potential and a lower degree of independence. Also, the financially responsible agencies have to cope with considerably larger expenditures.

@article{Bellers1977, abstract = {The technical aids used by children undergoing inpatient treatment at a centre for the cerebral palsied were critically assessed over a one-year period. Of the evaluated technical aids 50\% were optimal for the child under consideration, the remainder was inappropriate for one or more reasons. The most frequent amongst the non-optimal were either not medically prescribed or adequately adapted and tested. The children in question are hence threatened with unnecessary deformations, an insufficient utilisation of their development potential and a lower degree of independence. Also, the financially responsible agencies have to cope with considerably larger expenditures.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T17:55:54.000+0200}, author = {Bellers, G. and Kalbe, U.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/252e2b1bed08bacfc48f3a98c3e06b763/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {6fe0780b270ac36605034de8e4834502}, intrahash = {52e2b1bed08bacfc48f3a98c3e06b763}, journal = {Rehabilitation (Stuttg)}, keywords = {Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Costs and Cost Analysis; Germany, West; Humans; Occupational Therapy; Self-Help Devices}, month = May, number = 2, pages = {81--84}, pmid = {866801}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T18:04:24.000+0200}, title = {[Some thoughts on the adaptation of technical aids for children with cerebral palsy (author's transl)]}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 16, year = 1977 }