Effect of treadmill training with body weight support on gait and gross motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 548-555

  Cherng, Rong Ju ^a   Liu, Chuan Fei ^a   Lau, Tin Wai ^b   Hong, Rong Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gait training; Gross motor function; Total body weight support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORT; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; WALKING;

EID: 34250794417     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31806dc302     Document Type: Article

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