Children with cerebral palsy will wear specially designed wearable sensors as part of new Curtin research that seeks to overcome the alarming statistic that these children can spend 96 per cent of their day seated or lying down.
The project, led by Dr Dayna Pool and Professor Catherine Elliott from Curtin’s School of Allied Health and Telethon Kids Institute, was made possible by Federal Government funding of more than $1.5 million from the 2021 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC) Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Dr Pool said the sensor would be sensitive enough to pick up even small movements of children with cerebral palsy, which would usually go undetected in other fitness devices.
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