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Overground body-weight-supported gait training for children and youth with neuromuscular impairments

Center:

NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2014

Contact Information:

Max Kurz
[email protected]
402-559-9599

Product Description:

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. Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/01942638.2013.771719

Keyword(s):

neuromuscular, overground gait

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Professionals

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To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://informahealthcare.com/toc/pop/33/3

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