Quantifying weight-bearing by children with cerebral palsy while in passive standers

Pediatric Physical Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-287

  Herman, Daniel ^a   May, Ryan ^b   Vogel, Lois ^d   Johnson, Julie ^d   Henderson, Richard C ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Children's Care Hospital and School   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Child; Equipment; Osteopenia; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PEDIATRICS; STANDER; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING; ADULT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38949105973     PISSN: 08985669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e318156cc4d     Document Type: Article

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