Use of orthoses lowers the O2 cost of walking in children with spastic cerebral palsy

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 320-325

  Maltais, D ^a   Bar Or, O ^a   Galea, V ^a   Pierrynowski, M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFO; Diplegia; Gait; Neuromuscular disease; Outcome measure; Vo2

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORTHOSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SITTING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0035133218     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200102000-00023     Document Type: Article

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