Effectiveness of static weight-bearing exercises in children with cerebral palsy

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-73

  Pin, Tamis Wai Mun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone density; Cerebral palsy; Child; Communication; Contracture rehabilitation; Feeding behavior; Hand physiology; Hip dislocation; Morale; Muscle spasticity; Physical therapy; Range of movement; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTRACTURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMUR; HAND FUNCTION; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF ESTEEM; SPASTICITY; STATIC EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33847168657     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3180302111     Document Type: Article

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