Efficacy of Partial Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training Compared With Overground Walking Practice for Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Willoughby, Kate L ^a,b   Dodd, Karen J ^b   Shields, Nora ^b   Foley, Sarah ^c  

^a Yooralla   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Children's Therapy Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Child; Exercise therapy; Gait; Rehabilitation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ENDURANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARTIAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 77949298955     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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