TY  - JOUR
A1  - Müller, Carsten
A1  - Rosenbaum, Dieter
A1  - Krauth, Konstantin A.
T1  - Prospective Evaluation of Postural Control and Gait in Pediatric Patients with Cancer After a 4-Week Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
JF  - American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists
N2  - Objective 

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of a 4-wk inpatient rehabilitation program on postural control and gait in pediatric patients with cancer.
Design 

Eighty-eight patients with brain tumors (n = 59) and bone/soft tissue sarcomas (n = 29) were evaluated. Postural control was assessed examining the velocity of the center of pressure and single-leg stance time on a pressure distribution platform. Walk ratio, a measure of neuromotor control, was used to evaluate intervention effects on gait.
Results 

Repeated measures analysis of variance showed improvements in postural control measures, indicated by a decrease in velocity of center of pressure of −0.4 cm/sec (F1,80 = 7.175, P = 0.009, ηp2 = 0.082) and increase in single-leg stance time (mean [median] = 1.1 [2.6] sec, respectively; F1,80 = 12.617, P = 0.001, ηp2 = 0.136). Walk ratio increased by 0.2 mm/steps per min (F1,82 = 3.766, P = 0.056, ηp2 = 0.044). Mean changes in dependent variables did not differ between both patient groups (P > 0.05).
Conclusions 

The results indicate benefits of an inpatient rehabilitation program comprising standard physical therapy as well as aquatic and hippo therapy on postural control and gait after treatment of pediatric patients with cancer.
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Pediatrics
KW  - Postural Balance
KW  - Gait
Y1  - 2017
UR  - https://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/Abstract/2017/09000/Prospective_Evaluation_of_Postural_Control_and.8.aspx
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000000729
VL  - 96
IS  - 9
SP  - 646
EP  - 653
ER  -