The effect of a weight-bearing physical activity program on bone mineral content and estimated volumetric density in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
After an 8-month physical activity intervention in children with cerebral palsy, increases in femoral neck bone mineral content (BMC) (9.6%), volumetric bone mineral density (v BMD) (5.6%), and total proximal femur BMC (11.5%) were observed in the intervention group (n = 9) compared with control subjects (n = 9; femoral neck BMC, -5. 8%; v BMD, -6.3%; total proximal femur BMC, 3.5%).
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College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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McKay
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Snyder
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D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015519:Bone Density; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016474:Weight-Bearing