Maintenance of Functional Gains Following a Goal-Directed and FES-Assisted Cycling Program for Children With Cerebral Palsy

School of Allied Health Sciences (Drs Armstrong, Horan, and Carty), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; Menzies Health Institute Queensland (Drs Armstrong, Horan, Ware, and Carty), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; The Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre (Dr Armstrong and Boyd and Ms Kentish), Centre for Children's Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (Ms Kentish), Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (Dr Carty), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Correspondence: Ellen L. Armstrong, PhD, Centre for Children's Health Research, Level 6, 62 Graham St, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia ([email protected]).

Grant Support: This study was completed in part fulfillment of E.A.'s doctoral thesis, under a Griffith University Higher Degree Research Scholarship (GUHDRS). R.B. is supported by an NHMRC Fellowship (1195602) and NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (1116442). C.C. is supported by an Advance Queensland Fellowship.

A Restorative Therapies RT300 FES-cycle ergometer was provided on-loan for the duration of the cycling program. The company did not have any input into any part of the study, including the development, recruitment, implementation, data analysis, or write-up.

The study was run completely separate to, and independent from, Restorative Therapies.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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