Quantifying weight bearing while in passive standers and a comparison of standers

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 520-523

  Kecskemethy, Heidi H ^a   Herman, Daniel ^b   May, Ryan ^c   Paul, Kathleen ^d   Bachrach, Steven J ^a   Henderson, Richard C ^e  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION TECHNIQUE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 47149115672     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03021.x     Document Type: Article

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