RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health-Enhancing Physical Activity in Children With Cerebral Palsy: More of the Same Is Not Enough
JF Physical Therapy
JO Phys Ther
FD American Physical Therapy Association
SP 297
OP 305
DO 10.2522/ptj.20130214
VO 94
IS 2
A1 Verschuren, Olaf
A1 Darrah, Johanna
A1 Novak, Iona
A1 Ketelaar, Marjolijn
A1 Wiart, Lesley
YR 2014
UL http://jcore-reference.highwire.org/content/94/2/297.abstract
AB Physical activity is important for young people's health. The emphasis over the last 2 decades has been on moderate to vigorous exercise when designing activity and exercise programs for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behavior is distinctly different from a lack of moderate to vigorous physical activity and has independent and different physiological mechanisms. The concept of concurrently increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity and replacing sedentary behavior with light physical activity may be beneficial for children and adolescents with CP. This article is a summary of the evidence for what works and what does not work for improving the physical activity of children and adolescents with CP. It also discusses what is known about sedentary behavior of children and adolescents with CP and what research directions are needed to build foundational knowledge in this area with this population.