Open AccessEstimating Energy Expenditure for Different Assistive Devices in the School Setting
Author(s) -
Kim Lephart,
Carolyn Utsey,
Dana L. Wild,
Steve Fisher
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1538-005X
pISSN - 0898-5669
DOI - 10.1097/pep.0000000000000047
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , energy expenditure , task (project management) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , assistive device , computer science , physical therapy , psychology , medicine , engineering , systems engineering , endocrinology
This case report describes a simple means of estimating energy costs for a child with cerebral palsy using different assistive devices within a school setting.