Effects of a Postoperative Strength-Training Program on the Walking Ability of Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Patikas, Dimitrios ^a   Wolf, Sebastian I ^a   Mund, Katrin ^a   Armbrust, Petra ^a   Schuster, Waltraud ^a   Döderlein, Leonhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Exercise; Gait; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KINETICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; GAIT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 33646119414     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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