Locomotor training using body-weight support on a treadmill in conjunction with ongoing physical therapy in a child with severe cerebellar ataxia

Physical Therapy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-97

  Cernak, Kristin ^a   Stevens, Vicki ^a   Price, Robert ^a   Shumway Cook, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 37549031230     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070134     Document Type: Article

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