%0 Journal Article %1 Stallings1995 %A Stallings, V. A. %A Cronk, C. E. %A Zemel, B. S. %A Charney, E. B. %D 1995 %J J Pediatr %K Age Factors; Anthropometry; Body Composition; Water; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Nutrition Disorders; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Enteral Nutrition; Female; Humans; Male; Nutritional Status; Quadriplegia; Regression Analysis; Skinfold Thickness; Spasm %N 5 Pt 1 %P 833--839 %T Body composition in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. %V 126 %X OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of body composition and nutritional status in a group of prepubertal children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) compared with healthy control children. STUDY DESIGN: Subjects were enrolled for this cross-sectional study from two tertiary care settings. One hundred thirty-six subjects with SQCP, 2 to 12 years of age, were evaluated by anthropometric measures, or by anthropometric and total body water (TBW) measures (n = 28), with 39 control subjects. RESULTS: Body composition and nutritional status indicators were significantly reduced in children with SQCP. Accretion of fat-free mass with age was smaller for children with SQCP. Calculation of body fat from two skin folds correlated best with measures of fat mass from TBW. CONCLUSION: Malnutrition is common in children with SQCP. Clinically available, serial anthropometric measures enable the clinician to identify malnourished children with SQCP.

@article{Stallings1995, abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To determine the pattern of body composition and nutritional status in a group of prepubertal children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) compared with healthy control children. STUDY DESIGN: Subjects were enrolled for this cross-sectional study from two tertiary care settings. One hundred thirty-six subjects with SQCP, 2 to 12 years of age, were evaluated by anthropometric measures, or by anthropometric and total body water (TBW) measures (n = 28), with 39 control subjects. RESULTS: Body composition and nutritional status indicators were significantly reduced in children with SQCP. Accretion of fat-free mass with age was smaller for children with SQCP. Calculation of body fat from two skin folds correlated best with measures of fat mass from TBW. CONCLUSION: Malnutrition is common in children with SQCP. Clinically available, serial anthropometric measures enable the clinician to identify malnourished children with SQCP.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:23:10.000+0200}, author = {Stallings, V. A. and Cronk, C. E. and Zemel, B. S. and Charney, E. B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b061c28d619c7d7517dc59f2a050c984/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {c215b08dad172b8ebae0eb53b7033c3b}, intrahash = {b061c28d619c7d7517dc59f2a050c984}, journal = {J Pediatr}, keywords = {Age Factors; Anthropometry; Body Composition; Water; Case-Control Studies; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Nutrition Disorders; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Enteral Nutrition; Female; Humans; Male; Nutritional Status; Quadriplegia; Regression Analysis; Skinfold Thickness; Spasm}, month = May, number = {5 Pt 1}, pages = {833--839}, pii = {S0022-3476(95)70424-8}, pmid = {7752019}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:23:10.000+0200}, title = {Body composition in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 126, year = 1995 }