Role of exercise in the assessment and management of neuromuscular in children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-427

  Bar Or, Oded ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait economy; Muscular dystrophy; Review; Spina bifida; Training; Wingate test

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; SPINA BIFIDA; TRAINING;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0029871762     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199604000-00005     Document Type: Article

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