Stiffness of knee extensors in duchenne muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1772-1774

  Cornu, Christophe ^a   Goubel, Francis ^a   Fardeau, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Human; Knee joint; Muscle stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES;

EID: 0031790211     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199812)21:12<1772::AID-MUS21>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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