All directions balance board to enhance motor development of the cerebral palsied child

摘要

A device designed to enhance motor development in children with cerebral palsy and related disorders, which has a board-type body and an element on its underside to provide for a tilt movement of the board-type body in all directions about a center. The body is preferably rectangular in shape and has two handrails at the sides and has one pair of handholds spaced inward from its edge. The purpose of the handrails and handholds is to allow a child to grasp the device for support and stabilization while lying in the prone position and to allow for motor development of the hand and arm. The device has a removale handlebar and post extending upward from the body to allow a child that is more physically advanced to use the device while in a sitting or kneeling position.