Geometrical analysis of hip and knee joint mobility in cerebral palsied children

Gait and Posture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-116

  Kuno, Hiroaki ^a   Suzuki, Nobuharu ^b   Akataki, Kumi ^c   Mita, Katsumi ^c,d   Yasubayashi, Mikio ^a   Ito, Masami ^a,d  

^a CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Izu Rehab Welf Ctr Children D   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; Cerebral palsy; Monoarticular muscle; Muscle contracture; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0031771278     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(98)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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