Cerebral Palsy Health-related physical fitness and muscular function vary GREATLY across individuals with this diagnosis: example, one may be very functional and able to walk/run, another may be dependent on a wheelchair. a) How would you as the Clinical Exercise Physiologist handle this variation appropriately to be ready to help these clients? b) If one of your clients is quite capable of ambulation with the use of a cane but wishes to do resistance exercises at home, and having been cleared by her physician to do so – what are some ways to increase the intensity of resistance/functional movements the client could do? What would you suggest?

Cerebral Palsy Health-related physical fitness and muscular function vary GREATLY across individuals with this diagnosis: example, one may be very functional and able to walk/run, another may be dependent on a wheelchair. a) How would you as the Clinical Exercise Physiologist handle this variation appropriately to be ready to help these clients? b) If one of your clients is quite capable of ambulation with the use of a cane but wishes to do resistance exercises at home, and having been cleared by her physician to do so – what are some ways to increase the intensity of resistance/functional movements the client could do? What would you suggest?