Laura Peeters

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 General introduction and outline 9 Chapter 2 Trunk involvement in performing upper extremity 23 activities while seated in neurological patients with a flaccid trunk - a review Chapter 3 Trunk, head and pelvis interactions in healthy 47 children when performing seated daily arm tasks Chapter 4 Don’t forget the trunk in Duchenne Muscular 73 Dystrophy patients: more muscle weakness and compensation than expected Chapter 5 Patients with spinal muscular atrophy use high 93 percentages of trunk muscle capacity to perform daily tasks Chapter 6 Summary and general discussion 113 Chapter 7 Nederlandse samenvatting 133 Appendices Dankwoord 143 CurriculumVitae 147 List of publications 149 Donders Graduate School for Cognitive Neuroscience 151