Stepping responses of infants with myelomeningocele when supported on a motorized treadmill

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-72

  Teulier, Caroline ^a   Smith, Beth A ^a   Kubo, Masayoshi ^b   Chang, Chia Lin ^c   Moerchen, Victoria ^d   Murazko, Karin ^e   Ulrich, Beverly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SACRUM;

EID: 58149265135     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080120     Document Type: Article

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