The purpose of this project is to examine if early exposure to intensive, short-term locomotor treadmill training (LT) in young children with neuromotor impairment will help develop walking skills earlier, decrease the amount of outside assistance needed (such as a walker or crutches) as compared to children with neuromotor impairment who receive traditional physical therapy intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
12
Home-based treadmill training will be administered to the children in the experimental group
Gross Motor Function Measure Dimension D and E
Time frame: up to 4-months post-intervention
Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2
Time frame: pre-intervention, 6-week post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 4-month post-intervention
timed 10 meter walk test
Time frame: pre-intervention, 6-week post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 4-month post-intervention
Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory
Time frame: pre-intervention, 6-week post-intervention, 1-month post-intervention, 4-month post-intervention
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