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A girl rides on a Rifton Adaptive Tricycle while her caretaker steers from behind.
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It Started with a Bike
As pediatric therapists involved in the school special interest group of the APTA Pediatrics, our goal is to improve the success and quality of life of children with medical complexity in the classroom and beyond.
A young woman uses the steering bar on the Rifton Pacer gait trainer to guide the walking of a young boy.
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Mobility and Fitness Interventions for Children and Adults with Medical Complexity
Children with medical complexity benefit from use of supportive walkers and gait trainers...
A boy riding on a Rifton Adaptive Tricycle
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Promoting Fitness, Function and Physical Activity in School-Based Physical Therapy
School-based physical therapists can promote student wellness and health through strategies to improve fitness, function and physical activity.
A boy with disabilities playing basketball with his therapist
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Student Achievement in Adapted Physical Education Through Teamwork and Practice
Angela Campbell, MS, APE Specialist, discusses the role of the collaborative special education team towards helping children achieve their adapted physical education goals.
A boy riding on a Rifton Adaptive Tricycle with his hands up in the air
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Get Active, Get Ahead
Lori Potts, PT shares inspirations and ideas towards creating inclusive environments and effective functional fitness initiatives for children in adaptive equipment, to promote better health and quality of life.
A boy riding a Rifton Adaptive Tricycle, with his caretaker standing next to him
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Physical Activity Disability and Health
Creative mobility initiatives and activity-based strategies can improve health and foster inclusion for children with disabilities.
A teenage girl with cerebral palsy stands on a treadmill in a gym.
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Teens with Cerebral Palsy Benefit from Treadmill Gait Training – A Case Story
As a pediatric physical therapist working in public schools, I want my students to move, and to move in the same way their peers do. When Rifton came out with the treadmill gait trainer, I was eager to explore increasing exercise intensity…
a child using a small Rifton Adaptive Tricycle
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Developing Recreation Skills in Persons with Learning Disabilities
Lorraine C. Peniston selected excerpts, Sagamore Publishing, 1998 FOREWORD by Regina Cicci, Ph.D. Perhaps nothing reveals so much about individuals as how they choose to play - how they invest their time and energy for leisure time.…
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