title: Body Weight Support Treadmill Training for Children With Developmental Delay Who Are Ambulatory.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the effect of body weight-supported treadmill training (BWSTT) on gait and gross motor skill development in children (2-5 years old) with developmental delay who are ambulatory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four subjects (12 control and 12 BWSTT) were enrolled in this randomized control trial. All subjects continued to receive physical therapy. Subjects were tested at baseline, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and at 6 weeks after completion of BWSTT. Outcomes were assessed using the 10-m walk test and Gross Motor Function Measure-D and E.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvements were seen in gait velocity and gross motor skill attainment. With positive interactions in both the 10-m walk test and Gross Motor Function Measure-E, the BWSTT group as compared with the control group demonstrated functional gains in gait velocity and gross motor skills, P = .033 and .017, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A 6-week high-intensity BWSTT program can improve gait velocity and influence functional gains.
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy Department (Drs Lowe and Yates), University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas; Department of Physical Therapy (Dr McMillan), East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; Department of Neurobiology (Dr Yates), Center for Translational Neuroscience, Little Rock, Arkansas.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Amy Gross
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: McMillan
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D016138:Walking