Do children and adolescents with cerebral palsy walk with reduced dynamic stability compared to their typically developing peers? A systematic review.

Stability is a prerequisite for functional gait but not routinely quantified in clinical practice for children and adolescents (hereby referred to as young people, YP) with cerebral palsy (CP), for whom improved mobility is a frequent and crucial target for intervention. However, recent advances in technology and the development of appropriate modelling means that such evaluations are viable. This systematic review sought to compile the available literature using instrumented techniques to quantify the stability of YP with CP compared to their typically developing (TD) peers.