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A Lundberg

Publications and source records attributed to A Lundberg.

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PubMed1975

Mechanical efficiency in bicycle ergometer work of young adults with cerebral palsy.

This study used a method specifically adapted to motor handicap, one which measured pedaling rate and basal oxygen consumption. Its aim was to investigate whether bicycle ergometer work could distinguish any difference in mechanical efficiency between two groups with cerebral palsy. 10 patients aged between 18 and 30 years (six dyskinetic/ataxic, four spastic) were studieed. Six non-handicapped young adults formed a control gorup. The results showed a highly significant difference between the dyskinetic/ataxic group and the spastic group. Results for the dyskinetic/ataxic group and the control group did not differ significantly from those obtained for normal population. The observed difference between the two groups with cerebral palsy seems to be the result of the greater amount of energy required to be expended by the spastic group in order to overcome the constant increase in muscle tone during the bicycle egometer test.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Effects of recommendations on dietary intake in physically disabled students.

An investigation of dietary intake was performed in 37 motor-handicapped adolescents (median age = 20 years) at Ingemundskolan (an upper secondary school for physically disabled young people) in Stockholm in order to study the effects of recommendations provided six years earlier for improvement of the diet (2). The objective of the recommendations was a higher content of protein and other nutritients and a lower fat content in the diet. Iron was given daily to the students with the most severe motor handicap causing a low energy intake. The results of the follow-up study demonstrated that the measures undertaken led to a higher content of nutrients in the diet, a lower fat content and a decrease in the extra consumption of food. There were no signs of iron-deficiency anaemia in the disabled students in contrast to the 1966 study.

Adolescent↗