Locomotor training with partial body weight support on a treadmill in a nonambulatory child with spastic tetraplegic cerebral palsy: A case report

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-113

  Day, Jane A ^a   Fox, Emily J ^b   Lowe, Jodi ^b   Swales, Holly B ^c   Behrman, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of St Augustine for Health Sciences   (United States)

^c University of Florida and UF Health Shands Children s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cerebral palsy physiopathology; Cerebral palsy rehabilitation; Child; Gait; Locomotion; Physical therapy methods; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOE; SPASTICITY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 2442689086     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PEP.0000127569.83372.C8     Document Type: Article

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