Wu, W., Wang, C., Chen, C., Lai, C., Yang, P., & Guo, L. 2012.

Influence of Therapy Ball Seats on Attentional Ability in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal Of Physical Therapy Science, 24(11), 1177-1182. This article is about a study done in Taiwan by the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital involving children with ADHD, or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. They studied the P300 in electroencephalography (EEG) and reaction time (RT) in these children, and used methods such as event-related potential (ERP) recordings to reach their conclusions. They found out that normal children had a faster RT while sitting in a chair, and children with ADHD had a faster RT while sitting on a therapy ball. To me, this article is important to the conversation because it displays a new perspective on kids with this disorder, and can be used to help with the learning and development of these children.

Lee, H., & Galloway, J. (2012). Early Intensive Postural and Movement Training Advances Head Control in Very Young Infants. Physical Therapy, 92(7), 935-947.

In this article, Lee and Galloway studied 22 full-term healthy infants every other week for one to four months and gave them a TIMP (Test of Infant Motor Performance) score. Some were given 20 minutes of daily postural and movement activities and some had 20 minutes of social interaction for four weeks. At the end of the experiment, they noted that the group that had the postural and movement activities had higher TIMP scores during and after the experiment than the group only having social interacting did. This is important to the conversation because lower TIMP scores can be an indicator of problems to come in the future regarding the development of the child.

Kenyon, L. K., & Blackinton, M. T. (2011). Applying motor-control theory to physical therapy practice: a case report. Physiotherapy Canada, 63(3), 345-354.

This article is a case report that was done on a 5-year old boy with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy that was entering kindergarten. The parents were concerned with the safety of the boy being on the playground and doing things like playing on the slide, so motor-control theory was used to guide the physical theory designed to help the child be able to climb up the slide with little problem. The boy ended up being to complete the task using a modified movement pattern, and the findings of the report were that some theories may be able to be integrated into clinical practice in order to better help the patient. For that reason, I believe this can be an important conversation, because it brings a new way of thinking into the mix.