Ankle dorsiflexion fMRI in children with cerebral palsy undergoing intensive body-weight-supported treadmill training: A pilot study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Phillips, John P ^a   Sullivan, Katherine J ^b   Burtner, Patricia A ^a   Caprihan, Arvind ^c   Provost, Beth ^a   Bernitsky beddingfield, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; STIMULUS; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WALKING SPEED; BRAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAIT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847070493     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162207000102.x     Document Type: Article

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