Influence of body weight unloading and support surface during walking of children with cerebral palsy

Introduction Partial body weight support (BWS) systems have been employed for gait training of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Therefore, it would be important to analyze if the type of walking surface and the amount of body weight unloading over lower limbs change the way these children walk. Ob...

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Main Authors: Melissa Leandro Celestino, Gabriela Lopes Gama, Gabryella Santos Cordeiro Longuinho, Meico Fugita, Ana Maria Forti Barela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora Champagnat
Series:Fisioterapia em Movimento
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-51502014000400591&lng=en&tlng=en