Scootering for Children and Youth Is More Than Fun: Exploration of a Feasible Approach to Improve Function and Fitness.

Purpose: Describe scootering as a physical therapy intervention for children/adolescents with mobility limitations within the "F-Words for Child Development" (fitness, function, family, friends, fun, and future) and through motion analysis.

Methods: Perspectives of scootering were explored using the holistic "F-words for Child Development" recommendations for pediatric rehabilitation and through 3-dimensional instrumented motion analysis of children/adolescents with cerebral palsy and children/adolescents with typical development.

Results: Scootering was consistent with the F-words tenets for rehabilitative best practice.

Gait characteristics of children and youth with chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Sensory changes and muscle weakness attributable to chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) are possible sequela of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) which can result in long-lasting difficulties with walking. The purpose of this study was to describe the gait characteristics of children and youth treated for ALL who exhibited CIPN compared to typically developing children and youth using 3D motion analyses and electromyography (EMG). Temporal-spatial, kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic (EMG) data were collected from 17 youth (mean age 11.

CAN-flip: A Pilot Gymnastics Program for Children With Cerebral Palsy.

This pilot study examined whether an adapted gymnastics program, CAN-flip, could be a feasible activity for children with cerebral palsy (CP) leading to improvements in muscle fitness, motor performance, and physical self-perception. Four girls and 1 boy (9.8 ± 1.