Ineke Verreydt

Leucine supplementation and exercise to enhance muscle development in a child with spastic cerebral palsy: a case report

Children with spastic cerebral palsy experience impaired muscle growth. A combination of strength exercises and amino acid supplementation may increase muscle protein synthesis, but to date no study investigated this intervention in children with cerebral palsy. Leucine is consid...

Longitudinal characterization of medial gastrocnemius muscle growth deficits throughout childhood in spastic cerebral palsy

The prospective longitudinal study compared muscle growth in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) with typically developing (TD) peers and across Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)-groups, and investigated muscle deficit trajectories across GMFCS-groups. Thre...