Mobility status and bone density in cerebral palsy.
Open Access
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 75 (2) , 164-165
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.75.2.164
Abstract
The spinal bone mineral density (SBMD) and calcaneal broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) was measured in 27 children with cerebral palsy. They were categorised into four mobility groups: mobile with an abnormal gait, mobile with assistance, non-mobile but weight bearing, non-mobile or weight bearing. Mean SD scores for BUA and SBMD differed among mobility groups (analysis of variance, p < 0.001 and p = 0.078, respectively).Keywords
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