Training index in different types of cerebral palsy : An analysis of muscle characteristics and physical fitness

本研究旨在探讨不同类型脑性瘫痪（CP）患者下肢肌肉特征与运动的关系。我测量并分析了手足徐动型CP和痉挛型CP成人的等速肌力、横截肌肉面积（通过MRI）和运动速度。在手足徐动症组中，三个项目之间存在显著相关。这些关系显示出与非CP成年人相似的趋势，i.e.it表明徐动型CP患者的肌肉具有抗阻训练的能力。在痉挛组中，三个测试项目之间没有显着相关性。这一结果表明，对于患有痉挛性CP的成年人来说，需要开发一种个性化的训练方法，这种方法不同于身体健全的人所使用的方法。

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between the characteristics of muscles in the lower extremities and movement in adults with cerebral palsy (CP) of different types. I measured and analyzed isokinetic muscle strength, cross-sectional muscle area (by MRI), and movement velocity in adults with athetoid CP and with spastic CP. In the athetoid group there were significant correlations among the three items. These relationships showed similar trends to those in non-CP adults, i.e.it suggests that the muscles of people with athetoid CP has capability of resistance training. In the spastic group there were no significant correlations among the three test items. This result suggests that for adults with spastic CP there is a need to develop a training method that is individualized and different from those used by able-bodied people.