Haemodynamics and oxygenation in the lower-limb muscles of young ambulatory adults with cerebral palsy.
Ronit AviramInbar KimaYisrael ParmetHaim BassanThierry WilligenburgRaziel RiemerSimona Bar-HaimPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2023)
Oxidative metabolism in CP is not limited by oxygen delivery (mBF), because high muscle saturation suggests oxygen availability. Adults with CP demonstrate muscular responses to exercise that are inconsistent with typical high-workload activation, probably because of inefficient fibre recruitment and secondary anomalies.