Mechanical efficiency of children with spastic cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
J Jones, John F McLaughlin

Abstract

In this feasibility study, the authors compared the mechanical efficiency of nine children with spastic diplegia with that of nine able-bodied children, matched for gender. They also compared resting energy expenditure in the two groups. The children with CP had significant reductions in mechanical efficiency at maximum stable work-load and marginally significant reductions when they were compared at 200 kg-m/min work-load. The efficiency of able-bodied children at 200 kg-m/min was unexpectedly reduced. There were no differences in resting energy expenditure. Mechanical efficiency may be a useful objective technique to assess the effects of interventions intended to improve the efficiency of the movement of children with CP.

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