What are the effects, if any, of lower-extremity strength training on gait in children with cerebral palsy?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 849-858

  Pippenger, Wendy S ^b   Scalzitti, David A ^a  

^a American Physical Therapy Association   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORTHOSIS; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; WALKING AID;

EID: 4344714106     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.9.849     Document Type: Review

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