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1: J Pediatr. 1999 Jul;135(1):115-7.Click here to read Links

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

Chad KE, Bailey DA, McKay HA, Zello GA, Snyder RE.

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

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%).

PMID: 10393617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]