Relation between physical fitness and gross motor capacity in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

Abstract

AIM: To examine the relation between physical fitness and gross motor capacity in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who were classified in Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I or II. METHOD: In total, 68 children with CP (mean age 12y 1mo, SD 2y 8mo; 44 males, 24 females; 45 classified as having spastic unilateral CP, 23 as having spastic bilateral CP) participated in this study. All participants performed a maximal aerobic …

Authors

VERSCHUREN O; KETELAAR M; GORTER JW; HELDERS PJM; TAKKEN T

Journal

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Vol. 51, No. 11, pp. 866–871

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

November 2009

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03301.x

ISSN

0012-1622

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Jan Willem Gorter

Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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