PMID- 22114847
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130117
LR  - 20120709
IS  - 1541-3144 (Electronic)
IS  - 0194-2638 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Aug
TI  - Relationships between lower limb muscle strength and locomotor capacity in 
      children and adolescents with cerebral palsy who walk independently.
PG  - 320-32
LID - 10.3109/01942638.2011.631102 [doi]
AB  - This study aimed to quantify relationships between lower limb muscle strength and 
      locomotor capacity for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) to 
      identify key muscle groups for strength training. Fifty 6- to 16-year-olds with 
      CP (Gross Motor Function Classification System level I or II) participated. 
      Isometric muscle strength of hip flexor and abductor, knee flexor and extensor, 
      and ankle dorsiflexor muscles was measured using hand-held dynamometry. Ankle 
      plantar flexor concentric muscle strength was assessed as the maximal number of 
      unilateral heel rises. Locomotor capacity was evaluated by the 6-min walk test 
      (6MWT), 10-meter Shuttle Run Test (10mSRT), and Timed Up and Down Stairs Test 
      (TUDS). With control for age, sex, and height, hip flexor and ankle plantar 
      flexor strength explained 47.8% of the variance in the 6MWT and 32.9% of variance 
      in the TUDS and hip abductor isometric strength explained 43.5% of the variance 
      in the 10mSRT. Avenues for future research include randomized controlled trials 
      that specifically target hip flexor muscles, as this has not previously been 
      done, and determining factors other than strength that are likely related to 
      locomotor capacity of children and adolescents with CP.
FAU - Ferland, Chantale
AU  - Ferland C
AD  - Quebec Rehabilitation Institute, Quebec City, Canada.
FAU - Lepage, Celine
AU  - Lepage C
FAU - Moffet, Helene
AU  - Moffet H
FAU - Maltais, Desiree B
AU  - Maltais DB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20111124
PL  - England
TA  - Phys Occup Ther Pediatr
JT  - Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics
JID - 8109120
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Cerebral Palsy/*physiopathology/rehabilitation
MH  - Child
MH  - Disability Evaluation
MH  - Exercise Test
MH  - Female
MH  - Gait/physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lower Extremity
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mobility Limitation
MH  - *Muscle Strength
MH  - Muscle Strength Dynamometer
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*physiopathology
MH  - Walking/*physiology
EDAT- 2011/11/26 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/18 06:00
CRDT- 2011/11/26 06:00
PHST- 2011/11/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/11/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/01942638.2011.631102 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2012 Aug;32(3):320-32. doi: 
      10.3109/01942638.2011.631102. Epub 2011 Nov 24.