The relationship between lower limb muscle volume and body mass in ambulant individuals with bilateral cerebral palsy

BMC Neurology - Tập 17 - Trang 1-9 - 2017
Jonathan J. Noble1,2, Emily Chruscikowski3, Nicola R. D. Fry1, Andrew P. Lewis1,2, Martin Gough1, Adam P. Shortland1,2
1One Small Step Gait Laboratory, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK
2Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, The Rayne Institute, London, UK
3Department of Medical Engineering and Physics, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

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Individuals with cerebral palsy have smaller muscle volumes normalised to body mass than their typically developing peers. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between lower limb muscle volume and body mass in young people with bilateral cerebral palsy and their typically developing peers. Twenty-five participants with bilateral cerebral palsy (aged 14.7±3.0 years, GMFCS level I-III) and 25 of their typically developing peers (aged 16.8±3.3 years) took part in this study. None of the participants had undergone orthopaedic surgery, botulinum toxin injections, or serial casting in the previous year. All participants underwent magnetic resonance imaging of both lower limbs. Nine major muscles of each lower limb were individually manually segmented and the muscle volumes calculated. Body mass and total lower limb muscle volume were significantly linearly related in both the cerebral palsy (R2 = 0.75, p<0.001) and typically developing (R2 = 0.77, p<0.001) groups. The slope of the relationship between muscle volume and body mass was significantly shallower in the cerebral palsy group compared to the typically developing group (p=0.007). This cross-sectional study suggests that the increase in size of lower limb muscles relative to body mass is reduced in adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy. Longitudinal studies are required to further investigate altered muscle growth trajectories in this group and their impact on long-term mobility.

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