AMBULATORY STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Autor: Robert C. Barnhart, Wendell Liemohn
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Perceptual and Motor Skills. 81:571-574
ISSN: 1558-688X
0031-5125
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1995.81.2.571
Popis: Summary.-The purpose of this study was ro examine the association between (a) nonambulatory status of 19 children with spastic quadriplegia at age, 4 years with current arnbulatory status and (b) nonambulatory status among these children at age 7 years and ultimate development of independent ambulation, using the physical therapy records. All continued to be nonambulatory at 7 years and are currently. The results suggest (a) a relationship between nonambulatory status at age 4 years and ultimate ambulatory starus For children with spastic quadriplegia and (b) remote prospects for the development of independent ambulation in such children who are nonambulatory at age 7 years.
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