The effect of partial body weight support on the oxygen cost of walking in children and adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Unnithan, Viswanath B ^a   Kenne, Ellinor M ^b   Logan, Lynne ^d   Collier, Scott ^c   Turk, Margaret ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

EID: 33645227266     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.18.1.11     Document Type: Article

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