The effect of a weight-bearing physical activity program on bone mineral content and estimated volumetric density in children with spastic cerebral palsy

K E Chad; D A Bailey; H A McKay; G A Zello; R E Snyder

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(99)70340-9

The effect of a weight-bearing physical activity program on bone mineral content and estimated volumetric density in children with spastic cerebral palsy

J Pediatr. 1999 Jul;135(1):115-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(99)70340-9.

Authors

K E Chad¹, D A Bailey, H A McKay, G A Zello, R E Snyder

Affiliation

¹ College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

PMID: 10393617
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(99)70340-9

Abstract

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%).

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Absorptiometry, Photon
Analysis of Variance
Bone Density
Cerebral Palsy / complications
Cerebral Palsy / rehabilitation*
Child
Exercise Therapy*
Female
Femur / physiology
Humans
Male
Muscle Spasticity / complications
Muscle Spasticity / etiology
Muscle Spasticity / rehabilitation*
Osteoporosis / etiology
Osteoporosis / prevention & control*
Weight-Bearing*