Walking and Fitness Improvements in a Child With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Motor-Assisted Elliptical Intervention.

J. M. Burnfield; Guilherme M. Cesar; T. W. Buster; S. L. Irons; C. M. Pfeifer

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Walking and Fitness Improvements in a Child With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Motor-Assisted Elliptical Intervention.

J. M. Burnfield, Guilherme M. Cesar, T. W. Buster, S. L. Irons, C. M. Pfeifer

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals, Lincoln, NE

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Abstract

PURPOSE:

To quantify effects of motor-assisted elliptical (Intelligently Controlled Assistive Rehabilitation Elliptical [ICARE]) training on walking and fitness of a child with cerebral palsy (CP).

KEY POINTS:

A 12-year-old boy with walking limitations due to spastic diplegic CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System II) participated in 24 sessions of primarily moderate- to vigorous-intensity ICARE exercise. Fitness improvements were evidenced clinically across sessions by the child's capacity to train for longer periods, at faster speeds, and while overriding motor's assistance. Postintervention, the child walked faster with greater stability and endurance and more rapidly completed the modified Time Up and Go test.

CONCLUSION:

The child's fitness and gait improved following engagement in a moderate- to vigorous-intensity gait-like exercise intervention.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE:

Integration of moderate- to vigorous-intensity motor-assisted elliptical training can promote simultaneous gains in fitness and function for children with CP.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	E1-E7
Number of pages	7
Journal	Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000541
State	Published - Oct 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

aerobic fitness
cardiorespiratory exercise
gait rehabilitation
locomotor training
robot-assisted gait training

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Other Rehabilitation and Therapy
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation and Therapy

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Burnfield, J. M., Cesar, G. M., Buster, T. W., Irons, S. L., & Pfeifer, C. M. (2018). Walking and Fitness Improvements in a Child With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Motor-Assisted Elliptical Intervention. Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 30(4), E1-E7. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000541

Walking and Fitness Improvements in a Child With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Motor-Assisted Elliptical Intervention. / Burnfield, J. M.; Cesar, Guilherme M.; Buster, T. W. et al.
In: Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, Vol. 30, No. 4, 10.2018, p. E1-E7.

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Burnfield, JM, Cesar, GM, Buster, TW, Irons, SL & Pfeifer, CM 2018, 'Walking and Fitness Improvements in a Child With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Following Motor-Assisted Elliptical Intervention.', Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. E1-E7. https://doi.org/10.1097/pep.0000000000000541

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