Journal article
Overground body-weight-supported gait training for children and youth with neuromuscular impairments
Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics, Vol.33(3), pp.353-365
08/2013
DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2013.771719
PMID: 23477615
Abstract
The aim of this investigation was to determine if body-weight-supported (BWS) overground gait training has the potential to improve the walking abilities of children and youth with childhood onset motor impairments and intellectual disabilities. Eight participants (mean age of 16.3 years) completed 12 weeks of BWS overground gait training that was performed two times a week. BWS was provided during the training sessions by an overhead harness system that rolls overground. There was a significant improvement in the preferred walking speed after the training (p < .01; pre = 0.51 ± 0.2 m/s; post = 0.67 ± 0.3 m/s; Cohen's d = 0.80) and cadence (p = .04; pre = 37 ± 7 steps/min; post = 43 ± 8 steps/min; Cohen's d = 0.94). Our results indicate that overground BWS gait training may be an effective treatment strategy for improving the preferred walking speed of children and youth with motor impairments.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Overground body-weight-supported gait training for children and youth with neuromuscular impairments
- Creators
- Max J Kurz - Physical Therapy Department, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska USA. mkurz@unmc.eduWayne StubergStacey DejongDavid J Arpin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics, Vol.33(3), pp.353-365
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.3109/01942638.2013.771719
- PMID
- 23477615
- ISSN
- 0194-2638
- eISSN
- 1541-3144
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2013
- Academic Unit
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984047766302771
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