The force platform provides valuable objective data in examinations of different disorders, in particular of the stability in an upright position. For the submitted study children and adolescents aged 6 – 25 years with the diagnosis of infantile cerebral palsy and mild cerebral dysfunction were selected. A total of six subjects were examined. The authors examined the deviations of subjects in an upright position, transmitted to the platform as central pressure changes. Central pressure changes were transmitted by means of sensors by analogue digital means into a computer software programme. The results in several subjects revealed great differences, i.e. affection of the stability (impaired coordination, cerebellar disorders, peripheral vestibular disorders and cervical patterns, burdening of the right and left side with a difference up to 20 %, inability to stand on one leg) which sometimes differed surprisingly from the assumed affection of structures of the CNS.

        Key words: force platform, central pressure changes, cerebral palsy, mild cerebral dysfun-