Moving Beyond Technique: A Conceptual Perspective for the Cuevas Medek Exercise Aligned with Modern Neuroscience.
Highlights: What are the main findings? Cuevas Medek Exercise can be conceptually aligned with contemporary frameworks of motor control, developmental neuroscience, and neuroplasticity. Its core principles can be understood as structured sensorimotor opportunities that may support adaptive motor dev...
| Publicado en: | Children Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 769 - 780 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194952823&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194952823 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 22279067 LW6K jtl: Children issn: 22279067 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 13 iid: 6 pid: 97109 pub: MDPI artinfo: ui: 194952823 194952823 194952823 10.3390/children13060769 194952823 ppf: 769 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Moving Beyond Technique: A Conceptual Perspective for the Cuevas Medek Exercise Aligned with Modern Neuroscience. aug: au: Becker, Cristiano Goulardins, Juliana Barbosa Marques, Juliana Cristina Fernandes Bilhar Gajardo, Ramon Jeronimo Cuevas affil: CB Center Therapies and CME Courses, Cunha Porã 89890-000, SC, Brazil sug: subj: Pediatric Physical Therapy Therapeutic Exercise Neurosciences Motor Skills Evaluation Rehabilitation, Pediatric Conceptual Framework Child Development Motor Skills Disorders Rehabilitation Psychomotor Performance Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Posture Neuronal Plasticity Task Performance and Analysis Sensory Stimulation Self Concept Clinical Reasoning Models, Theoretical Child Patient Safety Physical Mobility Stretching Emotional Regulation Family Centered Care Therapeutic Alliance Muscle Hypertonia Muscle Hypotonia Rehabilitation Child: 6-12 years ab: Highlights: What are the main findings? Cuevas Medek Exercise can be conceptually aligned with contemporary frameworks of motor control, developmental neuroscience, and neuroplasticity. Its core principles can be understood as structured sensorimotor opportunities that may support adaptive motor development. What are the implications of the main findings? This conceptual reframing may support clearer clinical reasoning and provide a theoretical basis for future investigation of CME within contemporary pediatric rehabilitation frameworks. It provides a theoretical foundation to guide future research on mechanisms, intervention fidelity, and clinical effectiveness. Despite its increasing use in pediatric neurorehabilitation, Cuevas Medek Exercise (CME) remains rooted in clinical tradition, with limited theoretical articulation in relation to contemporary models of motor development, control, and learning. While clinical observations and reports from practice suggest possible functional benefits in children with motor delays, the absence of a conceptual framework limits its integration into evidence-informed physical therapy practice and education. This perspective proposes a conceptual model for CME that aligns its core principles with current theoretical constructs in motor behavior and developmental neuroscience. By examining key elements of CME—such as distal initiation, postural challenge, and task variability—through the lens of affordances, self-organization, and experience-dependent plasticity, the article presents CME not merely as a technique, but as a conceptual developmental approach informed by embodied action. We argue that such reframing may support more rigorous clinical reasoning, contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue, and inform a theoretical basis for future research exploring the proposed mechanisms and potential effects of CME. More broadly, this perspective contributes to ongoing discussions on how clinically derived interventions can be conceptually integrated within contemporary rehabilitation science. While the present article does not provide empirical validation, it offers a theoretical framework intended to inform future investigation and critical reflection in pediatric physical therapy. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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