These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The relation between standing balance and walking function in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.
    Author: Liao HF, Jeng SF, Lai JS, Cheng CK, Hu MH.
    Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol; 1997 Feb; 39(2):106-12. PubMed ID: 9062425.
    Abstract:
    To establish and compare the relationship between standing balance and walking performance, eight children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy (CP) and 16 non-disabled, age- and sex-matched children were studied. The results showed that the children with CP had worse static balance stability in various sensory environments and dynamic balance (rhythmic shifting ability) than the non-disabled children. Moreover, the children with CP walked at a slower speed but at a greater physiological cost than the non-disabled children. In the children with CP, dynamic balance significantly correlated with walking function. It is suggested that rhythmic weight-shift training should be encouraged to improve the walking performance of children with CP.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]