Improved gait parameters after robotic-assisted locomotor treadmill therapy in a 6-year-old child with cerebral palsy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 280-283

  Borggraefe, Ingo ^a   Meyer Heim, Andreas ^b   Kumar, Anita ^a   Schaefer, Jan Simon ^a   Berweck, Steffen ^a   Heinen, Florian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Children; Robotic assisted treadmill therapy; Task specific learning

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC ASSISTED TREADMILL THERAPY; ROBOTICS; THERAPY; WALKING SPEED;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 39749146382     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21802     Document Type: Article

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