In this guest blog, Daisy Fancourt, Research Fellow at the Centre for Performance Science, explains what can be achieved when evidence meets magic to help children with hemiplegia. Join in the conversation on Twitter with @breatheahr @daisy_fancourt and @CochraneUK #EEAHP.
In an Evidently Cochrane blog earlier this year, occupational therapist Danny Minkow examined evidence on interventions to improve upper limb function after stroke. The blog pointed out the importance of translating evidence into functional interventions that have the ability of meaningfully improving the lives of patients. In this blog, I want to introduce a functional intervention that has done just what Danny called for and translated research evidence into a truly fun, engaging and effective upper-limb rehabilitation programme, but working with a younger patient group: children with hemiplegia...